In what seems to be a repeat of what happened last week Thursday 6th November 2025, some strange (and large) changes in 'Market Demand in Victoria appear to have driven a frequency excursion on...
On Friday afternoon we asked the question ‘What’s up with Waratah BESS (unplanned outage till 3rd May 2026)?’. It was great to see (on Monday evening) Angela MacDonald-Smith answer some of these questions in...
Taking a quick look - after our ez2view ‘Notification’ widget triggered an alert for what appears to be Callide C4 tripping from close to full load (Sunday 9th November 2025 at 21:26 NEM time)
Another in the series about Waratah BESS, we have a look at the unit's bids and operations over a 20-day time-range to midnight ending Saturday 8th November 2025.
In the next in the series about Waratah BESS, we have a look at a 9-day time-range to midnight ending Saturday 18th October 2025 via the ‘Bids & Offers’ widget in ez2view.
Relevant to today's questions, we belatedly note now that it was back on Friday 29th August 2025 that the AER published its PASA Compliance Bulletin and Checklist.
Almost exactly 3 months ago we posted a ~12 month chronological record of the history of Waratah BESS. Due to observations today (and questions and conversations leading from them) it was worthwhile to update...
It’s probably worth (also) recording an event that happened later in the afternoon on Thursday 6th November 2025 - some sizeable cycles in Market Demand in South Australia
Today we see that, for the WTAHB1 unit in the MT PASA DUID Availability data set, there's now an unplanned outage for Waratah BESS extending well off the page.
A quick snapshot at 13:56 (NEM time) on Friday 7th November 2025 of our live updating frequency monitor, with frequency having wandered south:.
Adding to the distractions, more alerts from ez2view have drawn our attention to a series of Market Notices warning of forecast Minimum System Load (a.k.a. MSL) conditions for South Australia in the coming days.
Today, we have the advantage of ‘next day public’ data, so are able to peel some more layers of the onion (in this article 'Dispatch Error') - with respect to the significant Frequency Spike...
In the first hasty article about today's (Thu 6th Nov 2025) frequency spike, we see it quickly went past the NOFB. So, in this article, we look at how far ...
Worth recording this other ez2view ‘Notification’ widget alert received at 14:11 (NEM time) on Thursday 6th November 2025 to mark a large-size drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia.
Given the large ramp in frequency around midday Thu 6th Nov 2025, coincident with a large apparent ramp in 'Market Demand' in Victoria, we suspect a data glitch.
A short note with this snapshot from our live frequency reading over the past hour showing a spike well outside of the Normal Operating Frequency Band on Thursday 6th November 2025
On Wed 5th November 2025 the AEMO has released its first ‘Thermal Audit’ (redacted) Report, which provides 'a review of the flexibility and capability of the thermal generation fleet'
A very short article with a snapshot from NEMwatch at 19:30 on Wednesday evening 5th November 2025 to mark some evening volatility.
A quick record of some volatility today in Regulation (and Contingency) FCAS prices in Tasmania on Wednesday 5th November 2025.
A short note to record the brief unplanned outage in the Powerlink network (on Wednesday 5th November 2025) that impacted customers in the Longreach, Blackall, Barcaldine and Clermont area.