Morning price spike in South Australia on Monday 6th June 2022
A quick look at a price spike at 06:45 on Monday morning 6th June … that has some parallels to yesterday evening.
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Quick review of a price spike on Sunday evening 5th June 2022
A short walk through Sunday evening’s ‘out of the blue’ price spike in the South Australian region.
Price Volatility continues in QLD, on Monday 4th April 2022 … and spreads to all regions
A short article highlighting price volatility this evening in QLD … spreading further south.
Run of price volatility in QLD on Friday evening, 1st April 2022
Spot price up at $1,000/MWh in QLD for over an hour on Friday evening, 1st April 2022.
Prices spike in South Australia on Saturday evening, 19th March 2022 (State Election Day)
Polls have closed and counting has begun in the South Australian state election … and the NEM has thrown up this price spike as a reminder that energy policy will remain a focal point for whoever wins.
A quick look at the 14:30 price spike today (Wed 2nd Feb 2022)
A very brief look at the first significant price spike in QLD on Tuesday 2nd February 2022.
Midday price volatility in South Australia on Monday 10th January 2022
A quick note about the price spikes seen in South Australia in the middle of the day on Monday 10th January 2022.
Pricing fireworks in South Australia on New Years Eve ending 2021
A quick look at New Year’s Eve in South Australia
Price volatility in South Australia Thursday evening 30th December 2021
This morning I’ve taken a quick look at market activity in South Australia on Thursday evening, 30th December 2021.
Price volatility in South Australia on Thursday 30th December (2nd day in a row) – and High Temperature alerts broadened
A short article following a price spike in SA on Thursday afternoon, 30th December 2021
Price spikes in South Australia above $9,000/MWh – due to unforecast cloud cover?!
Out-of-the-blue, the price spikes up near $10,000/MWh in South Australia on an otherwise ‘boring’ day … a sign of what we should expect increasingly in future?
Spot price volatility in QLD (and NSW) on Tuesday 21st December 2021
A quick look at this evening’s volatility.
Spot price and demand up in QLD on a hot and humid Monday 20th December 2021
A first quick look at an elevated price event in the QLD region on Monday 20th December 2021
Price volatility in the South Australian region on Monday 13th December 2021
Some price volatility in South Australia on Monday 13th December 2021
Tight supply-demand balance in QLD on Thursday 9th December 2021
Some price volatility in QLD on Thursday evening, 9th December 2021 presenting a small distraction on our GenInsights21 completion process.
Widespread rain event one factor in pricing volatility in QLD on Thursday 11th November 2021 (Part 2)
Second short article, looking into what has been happening through Queensland on Thursday 11th November 2021.
Price volatility in QLD and NSW on Thursday 11th November 2021 (Part 1)
Some price volatility in NSW and (especially) QLD region on Thursday 11th November 2021.
A first view of bids under Five Minute Settlement
It was too tempting to take some time today to look back on the first fully 5-minute bids from Friday 1st October (the start of Five Minute Settlement) to see how much has changed.
The volatility seen through Q2 2021 was also a product of timing of solar production
Only ~11 weeks after the end of Q2 2021 we’re still exploring details of the extreme price outcomes. Here’s some of the ways in which solar PV played a significant role in the price outcomes delivered.
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.