Polls have closed and counting has begun in the South Australian state election ... and the NEM has thrown up this price spike as a reminder that energy policy will remain a focal point...
Does not look like demand will rise as high on Wednesday evening as it did on Tuesday ... but the price still spiked.
Following Tuesday evening's fireworks, we take a first look at whether Wednesday evening might be a rerun.
A quick look at the supply-demand balance for the QLD on Tuesday evening 8th March 2022 ... where it became very, very tight for a period of time (hence very low IRPM).
A short article describing the run of volatility seen in QLD on Tuesday evening, 8th March 2022
A short article to recap the new all-time-record in electricity demand in the QLD region on Tuesday 8th March 2022 (i.e. a typical summer's day after the formal end of summer!)
Queensland 'Market Demand' has rocketed up to very close to an all-time record level by 17:00 on Tuesday 8th March 2022
After a week offline with the floods, I'm back and took a quick look at a tight supply-demand balance forecast for QLD this Tuesday evening, 8th March 2022.
Following the article on Tuesday 15th February about 'blow-out in file creation latency', in this article we update stats for the past week ... but also look as far back as late 2018 to...
A price spike in SA on Wednesday 23rd February reminds us of a price spike in NSW on Monday 21st February ... one due to coal, the other due to solar ... but both...
As a real time reminder of the energy transition challenges, the trip of Origin's Eraring unit 2 was a significant driver of the price spike in NSW to $15,100/MWh on Tuesday 21st February 2022.
A quick note about the brief Market Suspension in South Australia on Friday afternoon, 18th February 2022.
As a first article on WattClarity following Origin's 'Notice of Closure' announcement about the future of Eraring Power Station, here's some statistical data (from the upcoming GSD2021) to help with the broader conversation.
Over the past 2 weekends in February (in particular) we have noticed AEMO's file creation time for 'P5MIN' files has increased significantly (and this has caused challenges for Participants). We take an updated look.
A short (and back-dated) article about the AEMO's publication of their Directions Report for Tuesday 1st February 2022 during QLD's heatwave.
An initial review of some (wholesale) supply-side factors contributing to the extreme price volatility (and Reserve Trader etc) that occurred in the first week of February 2022 in the QLD region of the NEM.
A very brief look at the first significant price spike in QLD on Tuesday 2nd February 2022.
QLD demand is climbing closer to an 'all time maximum' on Tuesday 2nd February 2022 ... but an afternoon storm might cool things off.
A first article on Wednesday 2nd February, looking ahead in the AEMO current forecast to what would be (if the forecast holds) a new record for QLD Region 'Market Demand'
A quick look back at today (Tue 1st Feb) and look forward at tomorrow (Wed 2nd Feb).