Market demand in Victoria has been tracking above AEMO’s earlier P30 forecasts so far today, increasing the likelihood that the region’s 17-year demand record could be challenged.
In an initial post-mortem of last night’s sustained period of high prices in SA, we take an initial look at how the region's utility-scale battery fleet responded, showing how aggregate stored energy was rapidly drawn down and how availability across the fleet tightened.
Victoria is heading into a closely watched evening, with extreme heat forecast to push market demand to within striking distance of the region’s all-time record that has stood for seventeen years.
Overnight, Adelaide recorded its hottest night on record according to ABC News, with minimum temperatures staying above 34°C, resulting in flashes of price spikes in the region early this morning.
Despite the public holiday, extreme heat across South Australia has pushed evening demand above forecasts, contributing to a prolonged period of elevated spot prices near the market cap.
A summary of today’s announcement from Origin Energy, along with an overview of the subsequent media coverage, confirming Eraring’s operation through to 2029.
Callide C3 has returned to service today following last week’s control system trip that took both C units offline, while C4 remains out of service with its return currently expected tomorrow.
Earlier this afternoon/evening we saw Tasmania’s spot price and multiple Raise FCAS services spike to (or near) the Market Price Cap for two dispatch intervals, with Basslink's flow, import/export limit also halting.
Our annual end-of-year wrap-up looking back at the key events, market developments, and analysis that shaped the NEM — and our coverage of it — over 2025.
In the last few minutes the AEMO have issued a market notice signalling its intention to commence RERT negotiations for the NSW region during this evening’s predicted period of supply-demand tightness.
The AEMO have proposed a rule change to consolidate and streamline the NEM’s various compensation schemes, in an attempt to address some of the issues identified from the June 2022 market suspension.
The final report of the Nelson Review has been released alongside a ministerial council communique, with ministers agreeing in principle to the review’s core recommendations, with the exception of Queensland.
A look at how AEMO’s short-term forecasts have performed at the daily peak in Queensland over the past seven summers — and how that performance is changing as rooftop PV grows.
This article looks at the N::N_CNLT_2 transient stability constraint on Tuesday to give an example of why some NSW batteries ended up charging through Tuesday’s price spike.
The AEMC has published its draft 2026 Reliability Standard and Settings Review, setting out the Panel’s preliminary views on the future reliability standard and how the market should clear during minimum system load events.
Today in NSW we saw large price spreads, material network curtailment, wild swings in demand, and several other factors unfold. This article summarises some of the high-level drivers of today's events.
So far today we've seen a $21,019.65/MWh intra-day price spread in NSW, underscoring just how far prices can swing in the NEM.
A brief but unexpected spike to the market cap in NSW in middle of today has prompted a closer look at the rapid demand jump, counter-price flows and binding constraints that shaped the outcome.
A fast-moving thunderstorm system swept through Brisbane and surrounding regions on Monday afternoon, bringing destructive winds, giant hail and more than 800,000 lightning strikes.
A summary of a recent academic case study looking into the events of January 22, 2024 in the QLD region, revealing how DER dynamics, weather variability and forecast limitations are amplifying operational challenges.