Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
A short look at this afternoon’s pricing volatility in the South Australian region with what appears to be coincident trips at 2 related Large Solar Farms.
A couple SMS alerts to AEMO Market Notices speaking about ‘LOR3’ Low Reserve Condition warnings (i.e. controlled ‘load shedding’) spiked my interest, so I took a look on Thursday afternoon about what’s forecast for Wednesday next week (2nd February 2022) in Queensland…
A quick note about the price spikes seen in South Australia in the middle of the day on Monday 10th January 2022.
The front page headline in the print copy of the AFR this morning ‘AEMO told to reassess death of coal’ jumped out at me … and to others as well!
A quick look at New Year’s Eve in South Australia
This morning I’ve taken a quick look at market activity in South Australia on Thursday evening, 30th December 2021.
A short article following a price spike in SA on Thursday afternoon, 30th December 2021
Out-of-the-blue, the price spikes up near $10,000/MWh in South Australia on an otherwise ‘boring’ day … a sign of what we should expect increasingly in future?
A quick look at Tuesday 28th December 2021 – when ‘Market Demand’ (but not ‘Operational Demand’) fell a shade lower than the prior low point record.
A very brief look into how many units have been registered for the WDRM, and how many MW have been dispatched since the rule change was implemented roughly two months ago.
A quick look at this evening’s volatility.
A first quick look at an elevated price event in the QLD region on Monday 20th December 2021
Price volatility in South Australia on Wednesday morning, 16th December reminds of the observations made in GenInsights21
Some price volatility in South Australia on Monday 13th December 2021
Some price volatility in QLD on Thursday evening, 9th December 2021 presenting a small distraction on our GenInsights21 completion process.
Ben Domensino of Weatherzone discusses an extreme month of wet weather across Australia during November, and its impact on solar generation.
Here’s the 6th Dec 2021 status update on your GenInsights21 release – we’ve completed (most of) the work for you, just need to wrap it all together by answering questions like ‘so what’s this all mean, when considered together?’.
A short article (in the midst of GenInsights21 completion) more broadly sharing 2 good news stories from AEMO in the context of the NEMDE dispatch process.
Referencing back to the AEMO’s Summer Readiness Plan (for summer 2021-22) published on Friday 3rd December 2021.
Earlier today, the AEMC released a final determination on a market rule change regarding the registration and participation of storage systems in the NEM.