A record of how a day of see-sawing prices appeared (in real time) in NEM-Watch
Note that the high prices have since been revised, but the low prices (down to -$1000/MWh) remain, at least for now.
Inspired by the price spike experienced this evening, I have spent a little time to put together the background to winters in the NEM.
This will be useful in understanding the context of any other events that occur this winter, and are analysed on WattClarity.
Various articles about Winter 2010 in the NEM
A price spike close to the Market Price Cap in NSW this evening provides an spur to do some quick analysis.
Some notes (which will be updated later) about capital requirements for the Australian Electricity Supply Industry
A high-level summary of some concerns of energy users, linked to a (progressively) growing number of more detailed posts that will be added over time.
Here’s a growing collection of articles we’re putting together with respect to the concerns of energy users. These articles are informed by interaction with a wide range of large commercial and industrial (C&I) energy users in a variety of different…
I noted that the recent Basslink outage made the news today as a result of political point scoring in the Tasmanian parliament. As noted in the news report, the Basslink outage started on Saturday 17th April, and continued through until…
Some analysis prompted by a short article in the AFR talking about a reduction in emissions over summer 2009-10 (with the possible implication being that emissions have turned the corner).
A graphical summary of a day when temperatures soared in NSW, dragging demand higher and (with the assistance of a relative shortage of supplies) also dragging prices to VOLL
Some quick notes about a price spike in QLD today.
Some pictorial records of a day when a new record demand was set in Queensland.
A snapshot of a price spike in SA late at night.
A snapshot of a higher demand day in NSW, driven by higher temperatures as they move eastwards
Some notes about the heatwave in SA and VIC, and what it means for the NEM
A topic to collect articles about personal experiences with distributed energy resources
Some quick notes on what’s happened in the NEM today (17th) and yesterday (16th)
Some further analysis of the MT PASA and ST PASA forecasts for other regions of the NEM (SA, TAS, NSW and QLD) for the day of 29th January 2009 – when a new record NEM-wide demand was established.
Some articles about the way summer 2009-10 unfolds
A record of high demand in the QLD region on Thursday 10th December 2009