"Surely not again so soon!?" ... was my first response at reading MN121734 published at 00:42 (NEM time) on Thursday 12th December 2024, forecasting LOR3 (a.k.a. load shedding) in NSW for Monday 16th December...
Because it was the focus of discussion and deliberation recently in the QUD19/2021 QLD Class Action, here's a view of bidding of all suppliers in QLD on 18th February 2016.
On Wednesday 4th December 2024 we saw that Aaron Kelly of the ABC had written ‘Class action against Queensland's government-owned electricity generators dismissed’. Today we get a chance to take a first look.
No sooner had we hit on the article ‘‘Market Demand’ in Victoria ramps by 903MW in 10 minutes, on Monday 9th December 2024’ than we see an even larger, and faster, ramp down in...
In Victoria on Monday afternoon 9th December 2024 we see 'Market Demand' has ramped up by 1,802MW in 25 minutes (including a ramp of 903MW in 10 minutes). Yikes!
Eraring unit 2 came offline prior to 21:46 NEM time on Sunday evening 8th December 2024 as captured in this alert triggered by the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view at the time. Here we take...
A quick snapshot of some volatility in Contingency Raise FCAS Prices in QLD spanning Wednesday 9th October 2024, Thursday 10th October 2024, Friday 11th October 2024.
Recording a snapshot from NEMwatch at the 18:00 dispatch interval on Sunday 8th December 2024 to record the start of a run of volatility in QLD (and in NSW).
For several reasons, we've reviewed some afternoon volatility in NSW on Friday 6th December 2024.
One of the things I noticed on social media over the past week or so (emanating out of the current Senate Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia) was the the enhanced visibility...
This morning at 07:25 the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view alerted us that ER03 had reached a ‘first output’ milestone during the return-to-service journey.
A short note (and link to) the Mandala report titled ‘Empowering Australia’s Digital Future Data Centres: Essential digital infrastructure underpinning everyday life’.
A snapshot of the 14:35 dispatch interval, at the start of a run of spot price volatility in NSW on Friday afternoon 6th December 2024.
Here's a quick 14-day review of the operation of the VIC1-NSW1 interconnector, including the price difference across it.
References to WattClarity in today's session of the Senate Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia (between Matt Canavan and Daniel Westerman) spiked our interest - and, given the topic was NSW unit...
On Thursday 5th December 2024, the sun’s set now (at least in Brisbane) and the SMS alerts have begun to trigger because the NEM-wide IRPM has dropped below the 15% alert trigger level.
Worth a brief article with this NEMwatch snapshot at 14:15 (NEM time) with the spot price in South Australia at $12,500.44/MWh.
We thought we'd take a quick look at Eraring unit 3, given it was the focus of Colin Packham’s article yesterday in the Australian.
A short note for Tuesday morning 3rd December 2024 to highlight the emergence of forecast LOR2 conditions (and spicy prices) in NSW for later today
A short record of some high prices in NSW and QLD from 17:35 (NEM time) on Monday 2nd December 2024.