Price volatility in SA on Sunday afternoon 13th August 2023
Continuing network outage, and weather conditions, leads to long duration of elevated price in SA over the weekend.
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Let’s talk about Inertia
Inertia is an important concept to understand as the technology mix in the NEM evolves during the energy transition. In this article, Jonathon Dyson talks about the importance of inertia and highlights an example...
After the storm: Looking at Q2 2023 price trends, one year on from an Energy Crisis
One year on from a market-wide suspension, Dan Lee provides a review of Q2 prices for 2023 so that we can examine some of the longer-term price trends.
A run of high prices seen in SA this morning Wednesday 28th June 2023
Earlier LOR conditions forecast for SA this morning did not eventuate to an actual, but the region was hit with a short run of price spikes.
LOR3 forecast flickers on and off for South Australia for tomorrow evening 27th of June 2023
A brief summary of how the LOR forecast for South Australia tomorrow evening (and later in the week) has evolved throughout today.
AEMO (oscillating in) forecasting LOR2 in South Australia on Tuesday 27th June 2023
AEMO is currently forecasting LOR2 for South Australia next week.
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.
A spike at 16:15 hints at volatility to resume in SA with the sun setting, on Thursday 4th May 2023
A second article today about volatility in South Australia
Morning volatility in South Australia on Thursday 4th May 2023
The South Australian price has been bouncing up above $10,000/MWh on Thursday 4th May 2023
Spot price volatility in NSW and SA on Monday 1st May 2023
A very quick look at separate bouts of volatility on Monday 1st May 2023 - firstly in NSW and then later in South Australia.
Recapping Thursday 23rd Feb 2023 (when hot weather drove demand in South Australia highest in 9 years)
On Thursday 23rd February, hot weather in SA drove 'Market Demand' to its highest level in just over 9 years, and delivered a bit of spot price volatility. We investigate....
Price volatility in VIC and SA on a warm summer evening, Thursday 16th February 2023
A quick post about some evening volatility in VIC and SA
Spot volatility, and an Actual LOR1, in South Australia on Thursday 9th February 2023
Prices have subsided somewhat at the time of publication, but here's a record of some volatility earlier this evening in South Australia.
South Australia’s Energy Minister triggers the Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO) for SA in Q1 2026
A release from the AER states that SA's Minister for Energy and Mining has triggered the RRO (and hence MLO) in South Australia for Q1 2026.
‘NEM Local Temperature Alert’ for Port Augusta on Monday 26th December 2022
A short note about AEMO's MN104622 ... with a high temperature warning for Port Augusta for 26th December 2022.
Who drove FCAS on the island
Close to $31.5M of revenue was generated in the FCAS markets in SA over the seven days that the region was frequency separated from the rest of the NEM. This follow-on from Allan O’Neil’s...
Administered Pricing ends for FCAS in SA on Saturday 26th November 2022
Administered Pricing has ended for FCAS in SA after roughly 12 days.
SA Islanding: Never mind the ‘Big Solar Button’, here’s Flexible Exports
James Martin from SwitchDin, provides an overview of the state of distributed energy management, and how it relates to last week's events in SA.
SA islanding ends, on Saturday evening 19th November 2022
On Saturday evening 19th November 2022 the Heywood interconnector returned to service following temporary repairs to the tower damaged on Saturday 12th November.
Curtailment of rooftop PV occurring in South Australia on Saturday 19th November 2022
A short article to record the curtailment of rooftop PV underway in South Australia on Saturday 19th November 2022.