MT PASA DUID Availability confirms Eraring unit 2 offline till Tuesday 21st May 2024
A new data update from AEMO confirms the suspicion that (based on current expectations) Eraring unit 2 is now offline until Tuesday 21st May 2024.
Seasonal Record of Events in the Market
Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
AEMO updates forecast for supply-demand balance on Monday morning 20th May 2024 … now forecast LOR2
Following several changes in the forecast for Monday morning 20th May 2024, the AEMO has issued a ‘forecast LOR2’ notice.
… but ER02 return to service hit a snag (Thu 16th May 2024) – now possibly out until Tue 21st May 2024
Yesterday afternoon (Thu 16th May) Eraring unit 2 commenced return to service. But it hit a snag that evening, came offline, and might be off for a few more days?
Eraring Unit 2 commences return-to-service startup, but ….
On Thursday afternoon 16th May 2024, Eraring unit 2 (after a 15-day outage due to a boiler tube leak) has commenced the return-to-service process.
Low wind conditions to persist, NEM-wide, for at least another week
Following an article yesterday about ‘another challenging week for VRE NEM-wide, we take a quick look at forecasts for the coming 7 days and see low wind persisting.
Low wind harvest in South Australia
Also on social media was a comment by Jess Hunt about low wind conditions in South Australia currently … which has prompted these thoughts.
Thar she blows! NSW hits the CPT and enters Administered Pricing (until Wed 15th May at least) … I think for only the 2nd time ever?
At 19:55 (NEM time) on Wednesday 8th May 2024, the NSW region commenced Administered Pricing for ENERGY and 10 x FCAS commodities, following a rapid spell of spot price volatility.
NSW price volatility continues into Wednesday afternoon 8th May 2024
Price volatility has continued in NSW this afternoon, starting at around 3:40pm local time.
~80 minute run on spot price volatility in NSW on Tuesday 7th May 2024
A second article providing some more detail on the spot price volatility in NSW on Tuesday evening 7th May 2024
Energy Price Volatility in NSW on 7 May 2024
A short initial article about the spot price volatility in NSW on Tuesday evening 7th May 2024
Brief Case Study of Sunday 4th February 2024, with low IRPM following high Market Demand
A quick look at the low point for NEM-wide IRPM on Sunday evening 4th February 2024.
Murraylink back in service, from Friday 19th April 2024
Murraylink had been offline on an outage, but returned to service on Friday 19th April 2024
NEM-wide wind generation above 6,000MW for the first time in ~3 weeks
A short article capturing how NEM-wide wind production rose above 6,000MW briefly in the morning of Tue 23rd April 2024 … first time since the afternoon of Tue 2nd April 2024.
Generation gone with the wind
Ashleigh Madden of WeatherZone reports that a cold front has marched across southern Australia, breaking the week-long wind lull.
Summer reflections
Guest author, Carl Daley from EnergyByte, provides this summary of summer 2024 – covering price volatility, consolidation of the twin peaks dynamic, and BESS performance.
NEM-wide wind lull stretches extends to a full week (Tue 16th April 2024), and has another week to go!
A quick look at a period of low wind harvest across the NEM in April 2024 that’s already stretched ~7 days and looks like it might have more days to come …
Tasmania’s grid frequency on Friday 12 April 2024
Three data points points help to highlight the change in grid frequency in Tasmania on 12 April 2024.
Low wind production on Monday morning 15th April 2024
A short article to record low wind, particularly in SA and VIC on Monday morning 15th April 2024 – hence elevated prices.
Trip of 550MW of industrial load in Tasmania on Friday 12th April 2024
A belated article recording how (on Friday 12th April at 10:48) the Sheffield – Farrell No.2 220 kV line tripped during restoration due to fault on the line, disconnecting ~550MW of major industrial load in Tasmania.
Network outage (currently underway) on Murraylink DC interconnector
Whilst thinking about interconnectors, there’s an outage currently underway on Murraylink.