A collection of the articles about the confluence of events (both domestic and international) that contributed to the full-blown Energy Crisis in 2022 that’s been described as ‘worst in 50 years’
With Market Suspension (just) behind us, in this weekend article we take a look over the past 16 days to see how volumes offered to the market from the two types of plant have...
The unsuspension of the market is a useful time to reflect on 'how we got here' ... starting with this 18-month trend of daily average spot prices.
A brief synopsis of the costs AEMO estimates it paid for Reserve Trader in the recent period around Market Suspension.
First article for Friday 24th june 2022 with the market still in suspension.
With Market Suspension possibly being lifted tomorrow morning, the flagging of forecast LOR3 in *very preliminary* ST PASA run for Thursday 30th June was of interest.
A short note about the end of the Administered Pricing Period (for now?) from 04:05 on Thursday 23rd June 2022.
A quick look at the NEM on Wednesday evening, with thoughts to the near future.
This morning AEMO published Market Notice 98805 confirming continuation of Market Suspension from 04:05 Thursday 23rd June until further notice.
Marcelle explores how settlement prices are set and how dispatch is operating during the current market suspension.
A short article to follow on from an AEMO announcement at 16:30 today about a possible pathway out of Market Suspension
An update on our thinking about LOR forecasts, under these 'far from normal' current market conditions.
A short article to note the release of the ACCC's 7th issue of the 'Inquiry into the NEM' ... along with an Addendum at a very topical time.
In parallel to the 'Energy Crisis 2022' (and perhaps related to it, in some ways) we see a step change decline in the performance of the timeliness of file creation for P5MIN at the...
A short note this evening about a substation fire near Tallawarra Power Station.
On Friday evening AEMO dispatched Reserve Trader for a long period of time.
A quick snapshot for NEM-wide Instantaneous Reserve Plant Margin down at 3% at 23:45 on Friday evening 17th June 2022.
With all regions of the NEM having been suspended by AEMO on Wednesday 15th June 2022, guest author Allan O'Neil takes an initial look at what's visible in terms of operations in the NEM.
An updated today from the AEMC about the compensation claims process under APC is worth sharing with Participants who read WattClarity.
Broader discussions about the '2022 Energy Crisis', and the specific discussion this afternoon for the EUAA Electricity Committee prompted us to publish (in full) Key Observation #5 of 22 of our GenInsights21 report here...
Someone asked me a question on social media this morning about batteries 'withdrawing capacity' ... here's a view of what's happened using ez2view (and as presented to EUAA).