As December 2023 draws to a close, we take another look at return-to-service expectations for Callide C3 (a couple more weeks) and then Callide C4 (a few more months). References Nick Evans' interesting articles.
Taking a quick look back at two days of extreme levels of demand in Queensland during the 'sleepy period' between Xmas and New Year.
Some quick initial notes about the second day of remarkably high demand in QLD during the normally 'sleepy' period between Xmas and New Year (Fri 29th Dec 2023).
Second short article on Thursday evening 28th December 2023, looking forward to Friday evening 29th December 2023.
Noteworthy that in the sleepy period between Christmas and New Year the QLD region can exceed 9,500MW (fast approaching an all-time maximum) on the first day of a two-day state wide heatwave.
An initial look at the 'out of the blue' price spike in QLD at 14:30 on Thursday 21st December 2023.
Yesterday (Thu 22nd Dec 2023), Dan Lee posted a summary of WattClarity service through 2023 on our company website. Today I'm sharing that with WattClarity readers here.
A short article (day after release) about the proposed 'Orderly Exit Management Framework' for coal units
A short initial note about AEMO's currently forecast LOR2 for NSW next Tuesday 19th December 2023.
It's Friday 15th December 2023 and the AEMO has published its draft of the 2024 ISP, in time for everyone's Christmas reading list
It's Friday morning and AEMO has just published a Market Notice to alert the market that RERT was contracted for yesterday evening in NSW (Thu 14th Dec 2023).
A quick look at how restrictions in southern NSW meant that Victoria could not export to NSW through the afternoon ... hence contributing to the tight supply-demand situation.
One factor contributing to the tight supply-demand balance is the decline in wind production (and capability) inverse to the rise in 'Market Demand'.
'Market Demand' has ramped back up, leading to an 'Actual LOR2' low reserve condition in NSW on Thu 14th Dec 2023
NSW 'Market Demand' exceeds 13,000MW for the first time today (Thu 14th Dec 2023)
Getting closer to the time of forecast peak in demand, the forecast LOR2 is revised downwards.
A strange coincidence with the AEMO 'intending to commence' negotiations about Reserve Trader for NSW - for this afternoon/evening.
A quick update into Thursday afternoon with forecast for this evening, Thu 14th Dec 2023 in NSW
A late morning update on forecast conditions for NSW this evening, Thu 14th Dec 2023
An updated view of the forecast for a tight supply-demand balance for tomorrow (Thu 14th Dec 2023) in NSW.