Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
With the AEMO releasing the 2022 ESOO on Wednesday morning 31st August 2022 with the limited time I have available right now I’ve had a quick look, and in this article highlight some things that jumped out to me.
Looking back at Friday 26th August 2022 we see that it was not only South Australia that was becalmed. All but one of the wind farms operating in the NEM showed quite low output levels – meaning lowest aggregate level in 11 months!
It’s been recurrent volatility in South Australia today.
A quick look at this morning’s volatility in South Australia.
The market volatility on Wednesday 10th August 2022 turned out to be illusive. We review unit output by fuel type to study how different generator groups responded on the day (in aggregate) finding increases, decreases and patterns in between.
On Thursday 18th August 2022 the AEMO has released its report into the Market Suspension during June 2022. Will make for interesting reading …
A short note flagging AEMO’s publication (dated 15th August 2022) about compensation payments for the June 2022 events.
Walking through some of the responses I can see in 19 of 67 Wind Farm units on Wednesday 10th August 2022 … when a software glitch delivered extreme contingency FCAS prices across all regions (though they were subsequently revised down).
A short note on Sunday 14th August 2022 with electricity demand in QLD hitting new low points.
Another interesting development (briefly) on Wed 10th August was forecast load shedding for South Australia on Monday 15th August 2022
A short initial article to flag market volatility on Wednesday 10th August 2022 which sees ENERGY prices elevated (particularly TAS) and also Contingency FCAS prices at MPC
QLD ‘Market Demand’ is dropping past prior low point (excluding 25th May 2021 with the loss of load).
The ‘all time maximum wind production’ record has been increased again (actually twice) during this windy spell.
A quick record of some morning volatility in South Australia before the sun rises (second morning in a row)
A short article about loss of supply to customers in western NSW (in the ‘West Murray’ area) early Monday morning, and and tripping of a number of generation and other plant.
AEMO has directed two gas-fired generators in Victoria offline due to suspected gas supply limitations.
AEMO issues another ‘Threat to System Security’ notice for the gas market … which might flow through to electricity.
Saturday evening saw a new all-time record for aggregate wind farm production across the NEM.
A short note about prices spikes occurring in the four mainland NEM regions simultaneously this evening.
A quick record of spot price volatility on Monday evening, 11th July 2022.