Currently forecast LOR2 for South Australia for Wednesday 10th May 2023
A first look at a forecast for tight supply-demand conditions for South Australia on Wednesday 10th May 2023.
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Liddell’s ghost stalks the market
During early morning Monday 1st May prices spiked in the NSW quite unexpectedly. Guest author Allan O'Neil takes us into the complexities of the EMMS and NEMDE to help us understand the mechanics of...
AEMC publishes Rule Determination for amending the (earlier published) IESS Rule
A short, belated (and back-dated) article about the change to the original IESS Rule.
A spike at 16:15 hints at volatility to resume in SA with the sun setting, on Thursday 4th May 2023
A second article today about volatility in South Australia
AEMO preliminary report on VIC region suspension (loss of SCADA) on 22nd April
Here's where to find AEMO's preliminary report on the loss of SCADA on 22nd April 2023 in Victoria that led to that region being suspended for more than 24 hours.
Morning volatility in South Australia on Thursday 4th May 2023
The South Australian price has been bouncing up above $10,000/MWh on Thursday 4th May 2023
A second (still rushed) look at volatility in NSW very early on Monday 1st May 2023 … a possible snag with Liddell retirement from market data systems?
Taking a second look at the very early morning volatility in the NSW region on Monday 1st May 2023, we've used the 'Constraint Dashboard' widget in ez2view to get so far ... and then...
Australia’s Renewable Energy Boom – The Good, The Bad and the Downright Ugly
Tristan Edis from Green Energy Markets takes a deep dive into generator performance across the NEM. He provides his take on which wind and solar farms have outperformed and underperformed, through the recent renewable...
Spot price volatility in NSW and SA on Monday 1st May 2023
A very quick look at separate bouts of volatility on Monday 1st May 2023 - firstly in NSW and then later in South Australia.
Relatively low wind harvest through Sunday 30th April is a reminder of challenges in the energy transition
A quick article on Sunday evening to highlight the difference between sunlight hours and darkness hours in terms of pricing patterns today (the weekend following the closure of Liddell).
Guest Authored Posts
The challenge of imperfect foresight: Storage operation in a highly renewable NEM
Josh Boegheim from Powerlink discusses the limitations of perfect foresight assumptions for system planning—and shares results from a recent study that simulated energy storage dispatch using deterministic and stochastic forecasting approaches.
The growing NEM BESS fleet: Who is controlling all this capacity, anyway?
Matt Grover from Fluence shares insights into the NEM's growing big battery fleet and what it means for the market and their operators. This article follows on from his keynote at the ESS two...
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