Storms in Victoria on leave ~500,000 without power
A short note about the storms that left approximately 500,000 people without power in Victoria on Friday 29th october 2021
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.
Evening LOR2 in the QLD region – and early ‘summer’ evening
A quick note about an actual LOR2 condition in the QLD region - Thursday 28th October 2021
Price volatility in South Australia on Wednesday 27th October 2021
Some quick notes about a price spike seen over 4 dispatch intervals this morning in South Australia - Wed 27th Oct 2021.
The rise of the auto-bidder
A trend of monthly total number of bids shows clear indication of 'the rise of the auto-bidder'.
Keeping an eye out, for Negawatts
It's Sunday 24th October 2021 and the AEMO's new Centralised Negawatt Dispatch Mechanism has started operations. What can we see?
Recapping where the records sit, in ‘record minimum demand’ following Sunday 17th October 2021 (Part 4)
Capping off a weekend of new low points for minimum demand in NSW, and NEM-wide (and some near misses elsewhere) this table sums up where the low points sit.
A monster leak in the Grid drives ‘Minimum Demand’ on a NEM-wide basis down on Sunday 17th October 2021 (part 3)
Slightly later than happened for the NSW region, here's the stats for the large reduction for 'minimum demand' on a NEM-wide basis for Sunday 17th October 2021
New record for ‘Minimum Demand’ in the NSW region on Sunday 17th October 2021 (part 2)
A quick look backwards, later in the afternoon, at the new 'lowest ever' point reached for demand in the NSW region.
New low points for minimum demand on Sunday 17th October 2021 (part 1)
A short note to recognise that the 'low point record' has been nudged lower on several fronts already (Sun 17th Oct) ... and forecast to drop further still
AEMO forecasts new record minimum Operational Demand (NEM-wide) on Sunday 17th October
Looks like Sunday 17th October will be an interesting day, with a new 'record low' for Operational Demand on a NEM-wide basis forecast by AEMO!
Large Solar production in QLD on Saturday 16th October crushed between Rooftop PV and Coal
A short note at a 'new normal' condition that we can expect to see increasingly in NEM regions (including QLD) as rooftop PV continues to grow in scale.
Discussion at AIE Brisbane on 2nd Dec 2021 – Early insights on Five Minute Settlement
Here's the event details for the discussion scheduled for Thursday 2nd December 2021 about 'Early insights from Five Minute Settlement', thanks to AIE Brisbane.
Perhaps some early changes with Bid Strategy, with Five Minute Settlement
Another interim build of ez2view gives me an excuse to have another look at changes in bidding patterns at selected Wind, Solar and Coal units.
Yes, those high sensitivity price forecasts Wednesday afternoon were real – looking forward to Thursday 14th October 2021 for SA region! (Part 1)
On Wednesday afternoon some high prices forecast for South Australia from Thursday morning prompted a question from a Large Energy User client.
TransGrid releases ‘Energy Vision’ – their modelled results on a clean energy future for Australia
On Wednesday 13th October 2021, TransGrid released it's 'Energy Vision', containing modelled results for 6 different scenarios out till 2050.
Re-starting compilation of GenInsights21, for release December 2021
Following a period when it was placed on the back-burner, due to other priorities, we've now re-started the development process for GenInsights21 and would invite you to pre-order your copy.
Recovery continues, at Victoria Big Battery
Some activity alerts prompt this short look at how the Victoria Big Battery is recovering from the industrial fire that took it out of action for a number of weeks.
AEMO releases Incident Report on 25th May 2021 event emanating from Callide C4
This morning (Fri 8th Oct) the AEMO has released its Incident Report into what happened on 25th May 2021, starting with problems at Callide C4.
Initial look at the latency of all rebids
Following from some analytical work performed in testing for Five Minute Settlement, here's a view of latency of rebids (all DUIDs, all commodities) in recent months that prompts a number of questions...
Price Volatility continues in QLD on 4th October 2021, under Five Minute Settlement
A quick look at three price spikes seen late afternoon in QLD on Monday 4th October 2021.