Large drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Thursday 20th November 2025
A quick note on Thursday evening 20th November 2025 to record this large size (214MW) drop in ‘Market Demand’ in the 17:50 dispatch interval NEM time this evening.
South Australia
(First ever?) forecast MSL warnings issued for South Australia for the coming week
Adding to the distractions, more alerts from ez2view have drawn our attention to a series of Market Notices warning of forecast Minimum System Load (a.k.a. MSL) conditions for South Australia in the coming days.
‘Market Demand’ in South Australia drops by 216MW (or 21%) on Thursday afternoon 6th November 2025
Worth recording this other ez2view ‘Notification’ widget alert received at 14:11 (NEM time) on Thursday 6th November 2025 to mark a large-size drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia.
Prices spiking again in South Australia (for Lower 1 second FCAS) on Wednesday 27th August 2025
A very short article with a snapshot from ez2view at the 11:15 dispatch interval – highlighting that Lower 1-second FCAS prices in the South Australian region are spiking (yet again!).
Following the 2025 ESOO, MT PASA shows forecast Low Reserve Conditions in the South Australian region (Dec 2026 to March 2027)
Following from the release of the 2025 ESOO last Thursday, the subsequent weekly MT PASA run warns of *forecast* LRC (and unserved energy) in South Australia.
Administered Pricing for FCAS services in South Australia ended on Sunday 24th August 2025 … so what’s next?
On Sunday 24th August 2025, Administered Pricing for FCAS in South Australia ended ... when will the ‘S-TBTU’ constraint set re-emerge?
Part 2 with respect to Administered Pricing for Lower 1 second FCAS (and 9 other services) in South Australia
With Administered Pricing of all 10 x FCAS products in South Australia continuing into Monday 18th August 2025 (no surprise there), we take a second look.
Administered pricing for FCAS in South Australia from 05:20 on Sunday 17th August 2025 (part 1)
AEMO notes that 'it has determined that an administered price period will commence at the trading interval starting 0520 on 17 August 2025' for FCAS in South Australia. We take a quick look...
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.
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.