A short (and first) look at some of the market activity on a volatile evening in several regions – SA and VIC, and with QLD joining the fray a bit later.
A short article about some evening volatility in the QLD region on Sunday 30th January 2022.
A quick note about the price spikes seen in South Australia in the middle of the day on Monday 10th January 2022.
This morning I’ve taken a quick look at market activity in South Australia on Thursday evening, 30th December 2021.
A quick look at this evening’s volatility.
Price volatility in South Australia on Wednesday morning, 16th December reminds of the observations made in GenInsights21
Some price volatility in South Australia on Monday 13th December 2021
A quick look at three price spikes seen late afternoon in QLD on Monday 4th October 2021.
As Q2 2021 unfolded, it seemed that there were many instances where prices spiked during evening demand peaks – and that wind output was low at the time. So I took a closer statistical look…
Prompted by last Friday’s publication of the AER’s ‘Wholesale Markets Quarterly’ for Q2 2021, here’s a tabulated summary of some of the contributing factors of spot price volatility (and hence high average prices) for the quarter – particularly for QLD and NSW.
A snapshot of the start of price volatility in QLD and NSW on Monday 12th July 2021.
A rainy Saturday morning reminds us the price volatility for Q2 in QLD has not totally gone away … with elevated prices for ENERGY and also Contingency FCAS (Raise 6 second and Raise 60 second).
For a second portion of Q2 “elephant eating”, I’ll look in some detail at the dynamics of an early instance of spot price volatility in Queensland, because many drivers turn out to be similar across other volatile intervals in the…
An old adage runs that to eat an elephant, it’s best to proceed in small servings. With a very eventful Q2 in the NEM not yet finished, the number of headline events is already large enough – unexpected price volatility…
It was volatile this morning well past that’s become ‘normal’ and the volatility has returned (as I expected it would) this evening. Here’s the snapshot of the 17:20 dispatch interval from one of our NEMwatch v10 dashboards: As highlighted: 1) …
Morning spot price volatility in the QLD region persists further into the morning (Tue 15th June) than has become expected.
A short note to recognise the spot price volatility continuing for Monday 14th June 2021.
First price spike at sunset (Friday 11th June 2021) … presumably with a number more bounces to go through the evening.
A short article noting volatility rolls into Thursday evening, 10th June 2021
A short note about the first of the volatility on Wednesday 9th June 2021.