Discussion Paper released on Capacity Investment Scheme
On Friday last week (4th August 2023) the proposed design of the 'Capacity Investment Scheme' was published ... with submissions requested before Thursday 31st August 2023.
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7th Aug 2023 – EnergyAustralia ‘continues to focus on strengthening performance following improved first-half results’
A belated and back-dated article to point to the EnergyAustralia Media Release of 7th August 2023 about the $400 million outage plans for Yallourn for 2023 and 2024.
Implemented: Enablement of bid energy MaxAvail for semi-scheduled generators
The change to use MaxAvail from the energy bid, for semi-scheduled units, was implemented on 7 August 2023.
The proposed voluntary ‘Schedule Lite’ mechanism starts being deliberated at the AEMC
Today (Thu 3rd Aug 2023) the AEMC commenced a process of examining the proposed establishment of a 'Scheduled Lite' mechanism ...
The VEPC paper ‘No longer lost in transmission’, and the AEMO response
An article today referencing the VEPC paper 'No longer lost in transmission' (about extended VNI-West, and the authors proposed alternative 'Plan B') and the AEMO's initial response.
Looking back at FCAS on 1 August 2023
Don't forget about FCAS when the energy market starts to steal the spotlight.
Mainland volatility on Tuesday evening 1st August 2023
Third article for Tuesday 1st August 2023 - recording some evening volatility across the 4 x mainland regions.
Enablement of ‘MaxAvail’ in the Bid for Semi-Scheduled units to go live (Mon 7th or Tue 8th Aug 2023) … and other enhancements in future
2 x AEMO Market Notices this afternoon prompt this article about four upcoming Market Enhancements ... with the first to planned to commence from next Monday 7th August 2023
Price volatility in SA on August 1, 2023
Light winds and a constrained interconnector contributed to elevated prices on 1 August 2023.
Mid-July update on repairs on Callide C3 and C4 cooling tower
A quick note on WattClarity to tie in an update (earlier this month) from CS Energy on the rebuild of the cooling tower for Callide C3 and C4.
Guest Authored Posts
Aligning business cases with the current, and future, reality
Following his presentation at the CEC's Wind Industry Forum, Jonathon Dyson shares lessons learned from helping developers and operators of wind projects in solidifying their business case.
Do we have enough gas to wait until nuclear comes along?
Tristan Edis of Green Energy Markets discusses the practicalities of the gap that must be filled by the gas sector under the nuclear power timeline proposed by the Federal Opposition.
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