PEC Stage 1 in operation – be careful what you wish for
Guest author Allan O'Neil looks at how operation of Project EnergyConnect Stage 1 may affect market outcomes, with some early indications that impacts won't be as straightforward as...
Murraylink
An inter-regional interconnector refers to *the whole of* the transmission path between RRNs
We already noted this a few times recently, but we thought it would be worth separating out as its own article under the ‘Energy Literacy’ category, as it’s...
Reviewing 12 dispatch intervals in South Australia on Monday 23rd September 2024 (Part 3 of a Case Study)
In Part 3 of this Case Study, we look specifically at the 12 dispatch intervals at the start of the ‘Evening blast of spot price volatility in South...
Murraylink back in service, from Friday 19th April 2024
Murraylink had been offline on an outage, but returned to service on Friday 19th April 2024
Network outage (currently underway) on Murraylink DC interconnector
Whilst thinking about interconnectors, there's an outage currently underway on Murraylink.
Focusing on VIC exports (and imports) with the ‘Major Power System Event’ on Tuesday 13th February 2024
In this article we look again at Tuesday 13th February 2024 (Victoria's ‘Major Power System Event’) and sum up the impact of the event on net exports from...
No, South Australia is *not* exporting more electricity than it imports…
We're seeing an increasing number of claims on social media along the lines of 'South Australia exporting more than it imports'. Whilst that was true around 2019, it's...
Currently forecast LOR2 for South Australia for Wednesday 10th May 2023
A first look at a forecast for tight supply-demand conditions for South Australia on Wednesday 10th May 2023.
Non-credible contingency event (and ~40MW loss of load) in country NSW early this morning
A short article about loss of supply to customers in western NSW (in the 'West Murray' area) early Monday morning, and and tripping of a number of generation...
Morning price volatility in South Australia on Tuesday 17th May 2022
A quick look at market volatility in the South Australian region of the NEM on Tuesday 17th May 2022.