Like was the case on 4th July 2013, the cause of this large Aggregate Raw Off-Target result (across all Semi-Scheduled Generators) was a single unit trip.
Does not take long to see why this particular dispatch interval was one of the few dispatch intervals (before 2019!) flagged in our top-down analysis of aggregate Raw Off-Target across all Semi-Scheduled units in...
Today (Wednesday 24th July) we note how the Queensland lunchtime electricity demand is stuck in the blue zone - the uptake of solar PV, and a sunny day for Clean Energy Week, would be...
Wind generation on some days in the past 2 weeks supplied a big percentage of SA demand - but not (on a daily basis, at least) near the 90% level.
An animation of 90 minutes this morning where the price gyrated wildly in response to a trip at Yallourn, and numerous subsequent reactions by market participants and the AEMO.
A cold evening in the NEM, and yet demand can't make it past 30,000MW - which would have been quite startling 4 or 5 years ago (but not now, as demand has been declining...
Following from a period of elevated prices in South Australia, prices dropped on Thursday. Here's some reasons why...
Spot Prices in South Australia were elevated over the past 7 days - here are some reasons why.
It appears, from this high-level analysis, that events in the State of Origin mapped to changes in electricity demand across Brisbane last night.
Following yesterday’s warnings about the potential for a tight supply/demand balance in South Australia this week, it was not really a surprise when the SMS alerts from NEM-Watch began buzzing for the 07:20 dispatch...
It's not looking that great, currently, for the supply/demand balance in South Australia this week - when viewing predispatch, ST PASA and AEMO's Market Notices