Morning burst of volatility in South Australia (Thursday 22nd August 2024)
A short article with this snapshot to document a morning burst of volatility in South Australia on Thu 22nd Aug 2024.
A short article with this snapshot to document a morning burst of volatility in South Australia on Thu 22nd Aug 2024.
Guest author Allan O’Neil examines some recent episodes of price volatility (particularly 30th July to 5th August 2024) and whether they were driven by a shortage of supply, or other factors.
A quick article about evening volatility (in South Australia only?) on Tuesday 6th August 2024
Following on from earlier articles about price volatility on Tue 30th July 2024 (particularly in South Australia), guest author Allan O’Neil takes a closer look at the operation of battery units in South Australia.
A quick summary of some morning volatility (particularly SA, VIC and SA) on Monday morning 5th August 2024.
Curiosity drove us to take this initial (and very quick) look at bidding behaviour, NEM-wide, across the past 14 days in relation to recent NEM-wide price volatility.
An initial walk through afternoon volatility seen today (Fri 14th June 2024) in Tasmania.
Following a conversation with one journalist yesterday, and a tweet from another journalist, here’s an updated trend of NSW ‘baseload’ futures contract prices for 12 x quarters.
At 19:55 (NEM time) on Wednesday 8th May 2024, the NSW region commenced Administered Pricing for ENERGY and 10 x FCAS commodities, following a rapid spell of spot price volatility.
Blasting past 3 hours this afternoon/evening (and still counting), the run of spot price volatility in NSW drives the Cumulative Price up towards the CPT. Will it break the cap this evening, or tomorrow?
A second article providing some more detail on the spot price volatility in NSW on Tuesday evening 7th May 2024
Last Tuesday 23rd April 2024 I spoke with an audience organised by BofA Securities with respect to ‘Risk, Uncertainty and Volatility in the energy transition’. Here’s one illustration of why the spread of spot prices in the NEM has been increasing in recent years.
A short record of the start of some price volatility in South Australia on Monday 11th March 2024.
A short record of evening volatility in VIC and SA during the heatwave on Sunday 10th March 2024.
A short record of some afternoon volatility in TAS on Saturday 2nd March 2024.
A quick look back at Thu 29th Feb 2024 – a day where afternoon (congestion-based) curtailment of Large Solar in NSW exacerbated the tight supply-demand balance and spot price volatility.
A short article, recording the start of evening volatility in South Australia … and the coincident bushfire risk.
A short record of evening volatility in Queensland and NSW on Monday 26th February 2024.
It’s Friday evening 23rd Feb 2024 and spot prices are bouncing around like crazy.
A hot afternoon in VIC and TAS, with bushfires in both states, is driving volatility on Thursday 22nd February 2024