Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
A quick capture of an unfolding situation on Saturday 16th Sept 2023 - seeing record low demand (in VIC and NEM-wide), and highest ever IRPM.
On Wednesday 6th September many Semi-Scheduled (wind and solar) units in northern QLD were 'constrained down' for System Strength reasons. We take a first look as part 1 of a Case Study (more parts...
Last Thursday (31st Aug 2023) the AEMO published the ESOO 2023, including forecasts of some possibility of unserved energy in Victoria and South Australia this coming summer 2023-24 (above the Interim Reliability Measure). Guest...
Spot price volatility was experienced in Queensland and New South Wales on 4th September 2023.
Yesterday (Thu 31st Aug) we saw the release of the 2023 ESOO. Today (Fri 1st Sept 2023) AEMO calls for tenders for supply of 'Reserve Trader' in VIC and SA for summer 2023-24.
A quick status update, early on Thursday 31st August 2023, about issues at Azure (caused by a power surge) that has been affecting AEMO (and our) systems.
A quick record of some spot price volatility in South Australia on the morning of Wednesday 30th August 2023.
A sunny late winter's day in QLD sees new low point for minimum Market Demand.
A week's worth of data provides indications of how semi-scheduled generators are using bid MaxAvail to manage dispatch availability.
A quick record of volatility Tuesday evening 15th August 2023
Continuing network outage, and weather conditions, leads to long duration of elevated price in SA over the weekend.
Some quick notes about volatility in SA on Friday evening 11th August 2023.
Don't forget about FCAS when the energy market starts to steal the spotlight.
Third article for Tuesday 1st August 2023 - recording some evening volatility across the 4 x mainland regions.
Light winds and a constrained interconnector contributed to elevated prices on 1 August 2023.
Inertia is an important concept to understand as the technology mix in the NEM evolves during the energy transition. In this article, Jonathon Dyson talks about the importance of inertia and highlights an example...
One year on from a market-wide suspension, Dan Lee provides a review of Q2 prices for 2023 so that we can examine some of the longer-term price trends.
A quick look at the new all-time record for wind production, NEMwide, on Friday evening 7th July 2023
Looks like we're ramping up to a new all-time maximum for NEM-wide wind production ... perhaps?
A quick look at elevated prices mid afternoon on Monday 3rd July 2023.