Second article (on Tuesday 31st Jan 2023) looking forward towards a tight supply-demand balance forecast for the QLD region on Friday evening 3rd February 2023.
Following a focused effort over the past two months, we've released the updated statistical record of operations in Australia's National Electricity Market ... the Generator Statistical Digest 2022 (GSD2022)
Second article this week about a forecast LOR2 Low Reserve Condition that has arisen for QLD this Friday 3rd February (coincident with what would be a new all-time record for peak demand).
We thought it would be worth linking to Jim Chalmers' article this week in The Monthly, as it seems these ideas will have (more) implications for the National Electricity Market.
With Brisbane feeling more like a 'normal' summer in recent days, we took a look at the demand forecast for the coming week.
A short, belated, back-dated (and somewhat cryptic) article highlighting outcomes on 28th January 2023.
One other thing noticed this morning was the scheduled drop in coal availability in spring 2025 (not just because of Eraring's scheduled closure).
A short article about a further delay in the expected return to service date for Callide C3 (which is offline after suffering cooling tower failure).
It's been quite quiet on a price alert front so far this summer ... here's one reason why.
An article on RenewEconomy this week (about some analysis by analysts at ANU) coincided with our review of sequential drafts of the GSD2022, and prompted this article to have a look at some reported...
Yesterday (Wed 28th Dec) CS Energy informed the market of further delays in RTS for Callide C3 and C4 - today we take a quick look.
Two media articles (in the Guardian and the Australian) prompt a quick article, utilising an in-development copy of the up-coming GSD2022.
All's been quiet in the Australian National Electricity Market ... which is not the same as the situation in North America, where extreme cold has stretched supplies across a large swathe of the country...
A short note about AEMO's MN104622 ... with a high temperature warning for Port Augusta for 26th December 2022.
A consultation paper (emissions reduction objective in the NEO) has been released, with submissions due 7th Feb 2023.
CS Energy's Kogan Creek restarted on the morning of Tuesday 20th December 2022.
No change in return-to-service expectation for Callide C3.
A quick note to echo the news from CS Energy that the replacement generator transformer is onsite.
A series of SMS alerts today, whilst I was out-and-about prompted me to take a look at the new low point for Victorian minimum demand on Sunday 18th December 2022.
Today (Thu 15th Dec) the AER published their Wholesale electricity market performance report 2022 - their third report in this series.