Stubborn forecast LOR2 for NSW on Friday afternoon/evening 7th February 2025
At 10:42 (NEM time) this morning the AEMO published MN124235 pertaining to tomorrow (Friday 7th February 2024) for forecast LOR2 in NSW. So we take a quick look...
Unplanned outages
Weather a factor on Wednesday 15th January 2025? … Part 3
Could a large storm passing over NSW and Victoria have played a part in transmission outages, leading to price volatility?
Eraring Unit 2 offline for ~13 days, with tube leak
Eraring unit 2 came offline prior to 21:46 NEM time on Sunday evening 8th December 2024 as captured in this alert triggered by the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view...
Today’s discussion (at the Senate Committee) of planned or unplanned outages in the NSW supply fleet on Wednesday 27th November 2024
References to WattClarity in today's session of the Senate Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia (between Matt Canavan and Daniel Westerman) spiked our interest - and,...
Back-up generator in Broken Hill tripped offline Monday 21st Oct, still offline Tuesday morning 22nd Oct 2024
At 16:41 (NEM time) on Monday 21st October the back-up generator in Broken Hill tripped - and is still offline on Tuesday morning 22nd October 2024.
Eraring Unit 3 offline for planned outage … but no more outages planned for Eraring through to 2027 (yet?)
With Eraring unit 3 coming offline on Sunday 25th August 2024 (not long after Eraring unit 1 returned to service) I've had a quick look.
Reviewing rebids at Loy Yang A1 for Tuesday 20th August 2024 … [alternate title = tips for ez2view users in the ‘Bid Explorer’ widget]
For several reasons (including as prompted by conversations with several different clients in recent days) here's a review of rebidding at Loy Yang A1 as the unit came...
Millmerran unit 2 offline on unplanned outage – Wednesday 21st August 2024
Another brief article (to help some specific readers/clients) with respect to a coal unit outage ... this time Millmerran unit 2.
Unplanned outage at Loy Yang A1
A quick look at some market data in ez2view, with respect to Loy Yang A1 unit coming offline on Tuesday afternoon 20th August 2024.
How rare are simultaneous price spikes in all five NEM regions, like what we saw last night?
A short examination of some of the over-arching factors at play yesterday evening - where prices spiked above $3,000/MWh in all five regions simultaneously.