Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
A record of how a day of see-sawing prices appeared (in real time) in NEM-Watch Note that the high prices have since been revised, but the low prices (down to -$1000/MWh) remain, at least...
Inspired by the price spike experienced this evening, I have spent a little time to put together the background to winters in the NEM. This will be useful in understanding the context of any...
A price spike close to the Market Price Cap in NSW this evening provides an spur to do some quick analysis.
I noted that the recent Basslink outage made the news today as a result of political point scoring in the Tasmanian parliament. As noted in the news report, the Basslink outage started on Saturday...
Just after midday today (Wednesday 21st April) South Australia and Victoria experienced some high spot prices. Here's a quick post to highlight what happened.
On the 4th of February at around 11am energy users in NSW appear to have curtailed their load in response to high prices, resulting in a significant drop in demand. Simultaneously, network conditions and...
On the 2nd and 3rd of February this year prices spiked in South Australia and Victoria in the afternoon. Coinciding with these spikes, the Tasmania pool price went negative, close to the Market Floor...
A graphical summary of a day when temperatures soared in NSW, dragging demand higher and (with the assistance of a relative shortage of supplies) also dragging prices to VOLL
More high temperatures in South Australia and Victoria this afternoon have driven the demand and the spot price high.
Prices in South Australia and Victoria have been high this afternoon, jumping up over $2000 in both states at 3pm NEM-time today.
Some quick notes about a price spike in QLD today.
Some pictorial records of a day when a new record demand was set in Queensland.
A snapshot of a price spike in SA late at night.
A snapshot of a higher demand day in NSW, driven by higher temperatures as they move eastwards
Some notes about the heatwave in SA and VIC, and what it means for the NEM
Some quick notes on what's happened in the NEM today (17th) and yesterday (16th)
A record of high demand in the QLD region on Thursday 10th December 2009
Yesterday afternoon at 2pm NEM time the price in QLD and NSW spiked. As you can see in this screenshot of NEM-Watch (click for a larger view), the Victoria to NSW interconnector was constrained...
A few snapshots and quick notes about a very hot spring day in the NEM, with demand soaring, IRPM dropping across the market, and prices at VOLL in NSW
A few brief notes about a hot day across the mainland, with demand levels high in each of the 4 mainland regions