2+ hour bout of spot price volatility in SA on Wednesday morning 30th August 2023
A quick record of some spot price volatility in South Australia on the morning of Wednesday 30th August 2023.
Articles by Paul McArdle
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
EnergyAustralia notes the likely change of operating mode for Mt Piper coal-fired power station in NSW
Third article today looking back at news with respect to 'coal closure' ... this article pertaining to EnergyAustralia's Mt Piper station in NSW.
Reports of recommendations to consider extending the life of Eraring Power Station
Also in the past week, news media (claiming to have sighted some of the ‘Electricity Supply and Reliability Check Up’ from MJA with respect to Eraring Power Station)...
AGL Energy and VIC Govt entered into ‘Structured Transition Agreement’ relating to Loy Yang A
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...
GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q2 2023 released
A quick note to mark the the release of GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q2 2023 last week.
New low point for ‘Market Demand’ in QLD on Sunday 20th August 2023
A sunny late winter's day in QLD sees new low point for minimum Market Demand.
Evening volatility in SA, VIC, NSW and QLD on Tuesday 15th August 2023
A quick record of volatility Tuesday evening 15th August 2023
Price volatility in SA on Sunday afternoon 13th August 2023
Continuing network outage, and weather conditions, leads to long duration of elevated price in SA over the weekend.
Over four hours of volatility in the SA region on Friday evening 11th August 2023
Some quick notes about volatility in SA on Friday evening 11th August 2023.
Discussion Paper released on Capacity Investment Scheme
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.
7th Aug 2023 – EnergyAustralia ‘continues to focus on strengthening performance following improved first-half results’
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.
The proposed voluntary ‘Schedule Lite’ mechanism starts being deliberated at the AEMC
Today (Thu 3rd Aug 2023) the AEMC commenced a process of examining the proposed establishment of a 'Scheduled Lite' mechanism ...
The VEPC paper ‘No longer lost in transmission’, and the AEMO response
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.
Mainland volatility on Tuesday evening 1st August 2023
Third article for Tuesday 1st August 2023 - recording some evening volatility across the 4 x mainland regions.
Enablement of ‘MaxAvail’ in the Bid for Semi-Scheduled units to go live (Mon 7th or Tue 8th Aug 2023) … and other enhancements in future
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...
Mid-July update on repairs on Callide C3 and C4 cooling tower
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.
Operations of coal-fired generators (Vales Point, and Eraring?) extended in NSW
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.
Peak production from Wind Farms across the NEM blasts past prior all-time record Friday evening 7th July 2023
A quick look at the new all-time record for wind production, NEMwide, on Friday evening 7th July 2023
Will we see new ‘All-Time-Max’ wind across the NEM on Saturday morning 8th July 2023?
Looks like we're ramping up to a new all-time maximum for NEM-wide wind production ... perhaps?
Mid-afternoon prices elevated with modest wind and modest solar
A quick look at elevated prices mid afternoon on Monday 3rd July 2023.