A catalog of some more general reform initiatives … which perhaps have not gone so far as to be (or are too broad to be) encapsulated in Rule Change initiatives.
On Sunday (following from the discussion at the NEMdev conference in Brisbane a few weeks ago, and leading into this week’s All Energy 2025 in Melbourne) I highlighted these ‘Two *big concerns* that we...
With All Energy happening this week in Melbourne, plus the clock ticking down on preparations at the Nelson Review Panel for their final report, I've reached back to the NEMdev conference to write about...
In this guest article, Matt Grover from Fluence draws on operational data and real-world trading experience to unpack how Australia’s grid-scale batteries performed across three June 2025 peak days — and what capabilities belong...
Having already noted the ‘Weakness in frequency stability on Thursday afternoon 16th October 2025’, we take a look at the causes - for the four high-profile dispatch intervals.
In the final part of our four-part CIS series, we zoom out to examine what government-backed Contract-for-Difference schemes are really achieving — drawing on policy lessons from the Nelson Review.
One day after the conclusion of the inaugural NEMdev 2025 conference (during which the CIS was discussed), the announcement was made of the winners of the Tender Round 4 of the Capacity Investment Scheme.
In part three in this series about the CIS, we look at how a curtailment provision — briefly included in drafts for Tender 1 but later removed — may raise questions about how revenue...
In part because I'm speaking at the NEMDev conference (Wed 8th Oct 2025 in Brisbane) we're taking a pass through the draft Report of the Nelson Review. Some (more realistic than earlier Reviews) statements...
In part two of this four part series about the success of the CIS so far, we explore why delivery challenges may have emerged.
Recent debate has centred on the CIS’s success so far. In part one of this four-part series, we look at how projects have progressed since being awarded a contract.
Coincident with last week's CEC's QCES in Brisbane, the Federal Government announced 16 winners for 'Tender 3' of the Capacity Investment Scheme.
In this article, we tie together various events since 1st January 2024 that featured either System Frequency outside the NOFB and large AggROT for Semi-Scheduled assets.
Today we were alerted that the AEMC had belatedly published this 15-page Staff Working Paper titled ‘Addressing the risk of algorithmic collusion’.
Earlier today we trended the incidence of large Aggregate Raw Off-Target across all Semi-Scheduled units. In this updated tabulated list, we list each of the largest instances from January 2024 to June 2025.
The (concerning) frequency spike across the NEM in the middle of the day (Tuesday 19th August 2025) has triggered many proximate questions - understandable - but also has raised these 3 Broader Questions.
A belated note that the AEMC published a draft report on their review of the (nearly 4 year old) WDRM initiative - and noting that submissions close today.
Worth noting, as I've just become aware, that submissions close tomorrow on AEMO's consultation on Primary Frequency Response (PFR) Test Guidelines for Semi-Scheduled Plant
Yesterday's release of the draft report of the Nelson Review has prompted me to re-frame a question I've asked before about the Semi-Scheduled category.
An initial review of payment and cost outcomes of the first 44 days of financial operation of the FPP arrangements.
An open question to our readers.