Lower 1-second FCAS volatility continues in SA
A brief article to note the continued impact of the Tailem Bend to Tungkillo line outage on FCAS prices.
South Australia
Another look at conditions in South Australia next week as a forecast LOR3 now appears for Wednesday
An updated look at conditions in SA early next week, where a forecast LOR3 is now appearing for next Wednesday. We also look at the invocation schedule for constraint sets within the region.
A closer look at LOR projections in South Australia next Monday 30th June 2025
A quick look into those LOR forecasts for South Australia next Monday, including a view of forecasts for market demand, wind and solar conditions, and generator outages.
Forecast LOR3 for South Australia for Monday 30th June 2025
Beginning Monday evening 23rd June 2025, the AEMO has forecast extremely tight supply-demand balance in South Australia (including possible load shedding) for Monday 30th June 2025.
Two large drops in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Monday afternoon 26th May 2025
Worth a short note to tag in this ‘Notification’ widget alert in ez2view triggered at 13:31 (NEM time) on Monday 26th May 2025 about a 235MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia.
A forecast LOR2 pops up for South Australia on Thursday 15th May 2025
At 14:03 on Monday 12th May 2025 (in MN126998) the AEMO flagged a 'forecast LOR2' for South Australia for midday on Thursday 15th May 2025.
An initial walk through contributions in South Australia on Wednesday 12th February 2025 (i.e. Part 1)
If I had time, we'd explore three separate questions we have about what happened in South Australia on Wednesday 12th February 2025. In this article we take a first pass at one of those...
Spare capacity in South Australia drops below 100MW on Wednesday evening 12th February 2025
A follow-on article focused on the 19:00 dispatch interval on Wednesday 12th February 2025 in South Australia (a very tight period for supply-demand balance).
Evening volatility in South Australia, with high demand, on Tuesday 11th February 2025
With warnings that tomorrow could see high (higher!) demand in South Australia, we take a quick look at high demand experienced on Tuesday 11th February 2025.
Wednesday 12th February 2025 could be a big day for ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia
DTN (a.k.a. Weatherzone) says tomorrow South Australia might see 'hottest day in 5 years'. Well, correlated with that, AEMO forecasts show it might see highest 'Market Demand' in 11 years!
AEMC grants ‘urgent’ Rule Change Request for Port Lincoln and Snuggery as out-of-market reserve
On Wednesday 15th January 2025 the AEMC decided to make a temporary rule change (which will come into effect from 23 January 2025) relating to mothballed Snuggery and Port Lincoln power stations in South...
Hot weather (and low wind) bring price action to South Australia on Thursday afternoon 5th December 2024
Worth a brief article with this NEMwatch snapshot at 14:15 (NEM time) with the spot price in South Australia at $12,500.44/MWh.
Mothballed diesel generators might be brought back in SA
SA Government has requested that two recently mothballed diesel power stations be eligible for provision of emergency reserves.
Noting the new “Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism” being proposed in South Australia
Worth noting the proposed 'Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism’ from the South Australian Government - with live online information session Monday 25th November 2024.
Significant drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Tuesday afternoon 5th November 2024
A short record of a significant drop of 'Market Demand' in South Australia on Tuesday afternoon 5th November 2024 ... down 710MW (or 60% of the initial value) in 20 minutes.
Taking a look inside South Australia’s lengthy run of volatility on Monday 23rd September 2024 (Part 2 of a Case Study)
There was an ‘Evening blast of spot price volatility in South Australia on Monday 23rd September 2024’ ... roughly 6 weeks ago. Today, for several reasons, we start to take a closer look.
Morning volatility in South Australia, on Wednesday 23rd October 2024
With All Energy 2024 commencing this morning in Melbourne our phones are buzzing with SMS alerts for price volatility in South Australia.
Two updates (on Saturday 19th October 2024) on restoration, following Thursday evening storms in South Australia
Two independent updates (on Sat 19th Oct) about restoration activities following storms in SA on Thursday evening 17th October 2024.
‘Market Demand’ in South Australia falls to ‘lowest ever’ point on Saturday 19th October 2024
The 'Market Demand' in South Australia has fallen to its lowest ever point, on Saturday 19th October, and is forecast to fall lower still (in part because Olympic Dam is offline).
ElectraNet provide update that 29 transmission structures went down in SA, during last night’s weather event
ElectraNet are reporting that at least twenty-three transmission towers and six 132kV stobie poles fell down or were damaged during last night's wild weather.