price extremes Archives

Reflections (from afar) on the electricity shortages and load shedding in Texas

Tue 16^th February 2021 7:55 PM | Paul McArdle

Watching what's unfolded in Texas over the past 24 hours has been rather disconcerting ... but also prompted questions about the broader energy transition. Here are some thoughts.

White knuckle ride across the NEM on Friday 31st January 2020 (extreme NEM-wide demand)

Fri 31^th January 2020 6:28 PM | Paul McArdle

Today (Fri 31 January 2020) saw NEM-wide demand reach levels never seen before (excepting 29th January 2009). This was just the start of the white knuckle ride.

Longer-term trends of low (and high) dispatch prices in the NEM across all regions.

Fri 30^th August 2019 9:12 AM | Paul McArdle

Our various dashboard views of the NEM (NEMwatch, ez2view and deSide) have been showing what's seemed like increasing numbers of zero and negative prices in the NEM recently...