IRPM drops to only 8% NEM-wide
As demand climbs into the evening the IRPM is dropping.
IRPM
NEM-wide IRPM down to only 13%
It’s 17:30 and the white knuckle ride through this evening begins…
With Administered Pricing in QLD, overnight NEM activity enters the rabbit hole
First article on Monday 13th June 2022 with QLD under Administered Pricing – looking at not only QLD but also strange outcomes everywhere else…
With reserves in QLD wafer thin, here’s an ez2view of what’s running and what’s not…
Fifth article on Sunday 12th June takes a quick look at what’s on (and what’s not) in QLD this evening under AP with very tight margins.
Very tight supply-demand (NEM wide!) on Thursday 2nd June 2022
NEM-wide IRPM is dropping lower and lower on Thursday 2nd June 2022
NEM-wide IRPM drops below 15% on Wednesday 1st June 2022
Across the NEM, surplus Available Generation is less than 15% more than aggregate Market Demand … a low IRPM.
Tight supply-demand balance forecast for QLD and NSW on Thursday 2nd June 2022
A quick look at the current forecast for tight supply-demand balance on Thursday evening 2nd June 2022
Tight supply-demand, so price volatility, in NSW and QLD on Tuesday 31st May 2022
A short look at the start of price volatility on Tuesday evening 31st May 2022
Tight supply-demand balance on Monday evening 30th May 2022 drives prices high and IRPM low
A very quick summary of market volatility touching all regions across Monday 30th May 2022 … but particularly in the evening.
Market Volatility (and low IRPM) on Monday evening 16th May 2022 in QLD region
A short article about this evening’s market volatility in the QLD region on Monday 16th May 2022
Queensland scrapes through on Tuesday 8th March 2022 … with only 210MW spare capacity at the lowest point!
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).
Only 5 percent IRPM (485MW spare) in the QLD Economic Island!
We’re down to 485MW of spare capacity in the QLD region … at any price. Hold onto your hats!
Morning volatility in QLD and NSW on Thursday 22nd July 2021
A quick record of some morning volatility in QLD and NSW … both due to tight supply/demand balance with interconnectors constrained.
NSW morning price spike (14th July 2021) – out of the blue
Some brief notes about a morning price spike today in NSW (Wednesday 14th July 2021).
Mainland region price spikes on Tuesday 6th July 2021
A short note about the start of the evening price spikes on Tuesday 6th July 2021 (these are ongoing, at the time this was posted).
NEM-wide scheduled demand exceeds 31,000MW and IRPM drops to 11.93% on Monday 5th July 2021
Quick notes about the winter evening peak in demand on Monday 5th July 2021
Gas issues and low wind contribute to low NEM-wide IRPM (and volatility) on Monday 21st June 2021
A short article marking (yet) another volatile evening in the NEM in this ‘elephant’ of a Q2 2021… now with some added challenges for gas-fired generation.
Demand, and prices, up in NSW and QLD on Wednesday 9th June 2021 … and low IRPM
A short note about the first of the volatility on Wednesday 9th June 2021.
Spot market volatility report – Thursday 3rd June 2021 (as at 17:54)
Evening spot price volatility has become a regular thing – here’s some of it for Thursday 3rd June 2021
Price Volatility (now a regular evening event for QLD and NSW) on Tuesday 1st June kicked along by Darling Downs outage.
A number of things happened late today – with the trip of DDPS1 (only declare credible contingency earlier in the day) giving more impetus to spot price volatility in the QLD and NSW regions already facing tight supply/demand following the Callide catastrophe and LOR1 in NSW.