An article at the end of the week in which AGL Energy announced the establishment of a Structured Transition Agreement (STA) with respect to Loy Yang A and the notice of closure for 30th June 2035.
A quick note to mark the the release of GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q2 2023 last week.
A sunny late winter’s day in QLD sees new low point for minimum Market Demand.
A quick record of volatility Tuesday evening 15th August 2023
Continuing network outage, and weather conditions, leads to long duration of elevated price in SA over the weekend.
Some quick notes about volatility in SA on Friday evening 11th August 2023.
On Friday last week (4th August 2023) the proposed design of the ‘Capacity Investment Scheme’ was published … with submissions requested before Thursday 31st August 2023.
A belated and back-dated article to point to the EnergyAustralia Media Release of 7th August 2023 about the $400 million outage plans for Yallourn for 2023 and 2024.
Today (Thu 3rd Aug 2023) the AEMC commenced a process of examining the proposed establishment of a ‘Scheduled Lite’ mechanism …
An article today referencing the VEPC paper ‘No longer lost in transmission’ (about extended VNI-West, and the authors proposed alternative ‘Plan B’) and the AEMO’s initial response.
Third article for Tuesday 1st August 2023 – recording some evening volatility across the 4 x mainland regions.
2 x AEMO Market Notices this afternoon prompt this article about four upcoming Market Enhancements … with the first to planned to commence from next Monday 7th August 2023
A quick note on WattClarity to tie in an update (earlier this month) from CS Energy on the rebuild of the cooling tower for Callide C3 and C4.
Friday 14th July 2023 sees some media articles and commentary about several coal-fired generators running longer than previously thought, as the energy transition hits some speed bumps.
A quick look at the new all-time record for wind production, NEMwide, on Friday evening 7th July 2023
Looks like we’re ramping up to a new all-time maximum for NEM-wide wind production … perhaps?
A quick look at elevated prices mid afternoon on Monday 3rd July 2023.
With Q2 drawing to a close, we’re gearing up to produce GenInsights Quarterly Update for this quarter. Timely to look back at Q1 at what was reported about curtailment of wind and solar in that earlier Quarterly Update.
AEMO is currently forecasting LOR2 for South Australia next week.
A quick article recording what’s an increasingly rare occurrence … high prices in mid-afternoon.