Highlighting one example of a unit trip. We expect we will find many in the process of compiling our Generator Report Card 2018 - the bigger question being whether the incidence is increasing (and,...
Understanding the difference between blackouts, generator trips and intermittent generation and how these events are managed.
Two units temporarily offline at Loy Yang A on Monday 8th May (not without coincidence/conspiracy theories)
The dispatch price in Queensland spiked to $1,500/MWh at 18:25 and again at 22:40 yesterday evening – triggering jitters in some who fear a return to the volatility of summer 2013.
An updated animation of 20th December 2012 focused on the Queensland region - a volatile day for that region.
An animation of 90 minutes this morning where the price gyrated wildly in response to a trip at Yallourn, and numerous subsequent reactions by market participants and the AEMO.
Some snapshots of a day in which NEM-wide demand soared, driven by high temperatures across the middle of Australia.
A graphical summary of a day when temperatures soared in NSW, dragging demand higher and (with the assistance of a relative shortage of supplies) also dragging prices to VOLL