Mainland region price spikes on Tuesday 6th July 2021
A short note about the start of the evening price spikes on Tuesday 6th July 2021 (these are ongoing, at the time this was posted).
Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
A short note about the start of the evening price spikes on Tuesday 6th July 2021 (these are ongoing, at the time this was posted).
An updated look at the 'MT PASA DUID Availability' widget in ez2view shows another delay in returning Callide C3 to service.
A short record of gas prices being up at $20/GJ and above through a cold spell for winter, with other factors at work.
Quick notes about the winter evening peak in demand on Monday 5th July 2021
A rainy Saturday morning reminds us the price volatility for Q2 in QLD has not totally gone away ... with elevated prices for ENERGY and also Contingency FCAS (Raise 6 second and Raise 60...
On Friday evening (2nd July 2021) Yallourn 4 returned to service
Now making it 5 out of the past 6 years, we return to the analysis of electricity (spot and futures) pricing patterns for Q2 periods across the NEM regions ... and also in Western...
An updated view of the return to service schedule of Callide C3 and C4 ... along with Yallourn unit 4.
Yallourn now has 3 units back online, with return-to-service (RTS) of Yallourn unit 2 on Sunday 27th June 2021.
Unit 3 at Yallourn Power Station came back online early this afternoon. Recent flooding at the power station's adjoining mine has impacted it's fuel supplies in recent weeks.
For a second portion of Q2 “elephant eating”, I’ll look in some detail at the dynamics of an early instance of spot price volatility in Queensland, because many drivers turn out to be similar...
Callide B2 returned to service this morning after nearly a month of being offline, following the explosion and outage at the station in late May.
A short article marking (yet) another volatile evening in the NEM in this 'elephant' of a Q2 2021... now with some added challenges for gas-fired generation.
Following Saturday's review of changed expectations for Callide Power Station and Yallourn Power Station, I took a look at aggregate expectation by fuel type. Here's a belated article with the results.
An old adage runs that to eat an elephant, it’s best to proceed in small servings. With a very eventful Q2 in the NEM not yet finished, the number of headline events is already...
A feature of the upcoming EMMS technical specification that distinguishes demand response units from scheduled loads could impact some users of NEM data, if left unmanaged.
A short note about return to service of Kogan Creek power station early this morning.
A short note to follow up on the welcome return-to-service of Callide B1.
The volatility that has been with us for weeks now (particularly QLD and NSW), and the dramas unfolding at Callide power station, prompted me to have a broader look at the availability of black...
Late yesterday I noted how the situation at Yallourn was more complex than we had been initially thinking, so it was no surprise to see Yallourn unit 3 come back offline early this morning...