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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Evening spot price volatility has become a regular thing - here's some of it for Thursday 3rd June 2021
Only two dispatch intervals (thus far?) of extreme pricing tonight for QLD and NSW (Wed 2nd June 2021). Here's the first one...
A number of things happened late today - with the trip of DDPS1 (only declare credible contingency earlier in the day) giving more impetus to spot price volatility in the QLD and NSW regions...
Was speaking with someone this morning about the expectation that there would be price volatility this evening, and the market obliged. It’s only just started, but here’s the second spike (at 17:40) captured in...
Spot prices spiked across mainland regions this evening - firstly at 17:55 (above $1,000/MWh). and then at 18:00 (up towards $15,000/MWh). Here's a first look.
Guest author, Allan O'Neil, drills into considerable depth to understand, and clearly explain, some of what happened during a volatile period in the VIC and SA regions on Friday 1st March 2019
Now that summer 2018-19 has passed, we can reflect on our experiences as a new entrant energy services company facilitating spot exposure for residential energy users - and hence expanding the scope for Demand...
Some brief analysis of today's price volatility seen in the South Australian region of the NEM