In yesterday’s wrap of the past 5 weeks, I’d noted that Tim Nelson (when speaking at #ACES2025 last Tuesday) said that the Panel had not quite finished the draft report, but it was ‘imminent’....
Categories with a longer bar left of zero are losing more of their spot energy market revenue to regulation and PFR costs.
New unit-level availability data and other changes to the STPASA process are scheduled to go live from today.
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.
With the start of the new financial year, today marks the first step in the AEMC’s staged reform of the Market Price Cap, with it rising to $20,300/MWh — the first of three scheduled...
Worth a short note today (Friday 27th June 2025) to note the publication of MN127877 – which references two market changes that will improve market transparency for all types of participants
The AEMO has kicked off a consultation to overhaul its automated negative residue management processes ahead of Project Energy Connect forming a new transmission loop in the NEM.
Belatedly noting the AEMO's publication of the Industry Go Live Plan for the ERI and ST PASA changes.
Yesterday (Friday 13th June 2025), the AEMO published both a Draft Report, and Draft Procedures for Security Enablement (as part of the ISF changes in 2025)
Paul Moore of Viotas look at recent supply-demand dynamics within the contingency FCAS markets and whether demand response can play a role.
Yesterday (Sunday 8th June 2025) saw the commencement of the new Frequency Performance Payments (a.k.a. FPP) method.
Given the instructions were ‘Feel free to share it more widely with your colleagues and networks’, here's the slide deck from the Nelson Review presentations through May 2025.
As noted in yesterday evening’s article (about one big ‘wrinkle’), I was off to the Brisbane session of the Nelson Review today. Here's two slides that jumped out.
From Monday 5th May to Friday 9th May 2025 was like an unofficial Energy Week in Melbourne for me, out-and-about at a few events. Here's my record of some of what happened...
Dan dives into the history of the NEM’s market cap and explores how high-end prices contribute to regional settlement costs and cap payouts.
All public submissions from the initial consultation stage of the Nelson Review are now available on the DCCEEW website.
Submissions at the AEMC already closed over a week ago, with respect to their review of WDRM. Here's some starting thoughts ...
I've promised to write this article for some time, but a few recent events (and looming start of FPP) have caused me to publish this now.
On Tuesday 15th April 2025, the AEMO published its draft report on 'Congestion Information Resource Guidelines', seeking feedback by Monday 19th May 2025.