A short (and first) look at some of the market activity on a volatile evening in several regions - SA and VIC, and with QLD joining the fray a bit later.
A short article about some evening volatility in the QLD region on Sunday 30th January 2022.
AEMO now asking for 'Generator Recall Information' for generators in NSW with LOR2 conditions forecast on Tuesday ... and forecast demand levels in QLD for Wednesday 2nd February up near the all-time maximum.
A short look at this afternoon's pricing volatility in the South Australian region with what appears to be coincident trips at 2 related Large Solar Farms.
A couple SMS alerts to AEMO Market Notices speaking about 'LOR3' Low Reserve Condition warnings (i.e. controlled 'load shedding') spiked my interest, so I took a look on Thursday afternoon about what's forecast for...
A quick note about the price spikes seen in South Australia in the middle of the day on Monday 10th January 2022.
The front page headline in the print copy of the AFR this morning 'AEMO told to reassess death of coal' jumped out at me ... and to others as well!
A quick look at New Year's Eve in South Australia
This morning I've taken a quick look at market activity in South Australia on Thursday evening, 30th December 2021.
A short article following a price spike in SA on Thursday afternoon, 30th December 2021
On Tuesday 21st December 2021 the AER requested the AEMC to consider changing the prescriptive requirements in the Rules for the AER to analyse particular types of market outcomes in particular ways, and instead...
Same day as we released GenInsights21, the AEMO published its High Level Design on how they will implement the AEMC Rule Change determination on Integrating Energy Storage Systems (IESS) into the NEM. Here's the...
With GenInsights21 released two weeks ago (and only yesterday all pre-orders and orders processed and invoices provided, as noted here) I’m catching up on a number of different things – actions I promised for...
Out-of-the-blue, the price spikes up near $10,000/MWh in South Australia on an otherwise 'boring' day ... a sign of what we should expect increasingly in future?
A quick look at Tuesday 28th December 2021 - when 'Market Demand' (but not 'Operational Demand') fell a shade lower than the prior low point record.
A quick look at this evening's volatility.
Last Wednesday (15th December) we released GenInsights21. In this article we provide a full list of the 28 Appendices included with the publication, and from which many of the Key Observations have been drawn.
A first quick look at an elevated price event in the QLD region on Monday 20th December 2021
Price volatility in South Australia on Wednesday morning, 16th December reminds of the observations made in GenInsights21
It's Wednesday 15th December 2021 and we have released GenInsights21 (a deep dive exploration, asking what history can tell us of the challenges and requirements of the accelerating energy transition).