Cost-based Modelling is Doing Consumers a Disservice.
Tom Geiser of Neoen writes this think piece about cost-based modelling vs price-based modelling in the broader debate about transmission investment.
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Brief spike at 11:10 in NSW and QLD on Monday 31st October 2022
A quick article to document a spike at 11:10 on Monday 31st October ... which seems related (at least in part) to the same network outage as on Friday evening.
Loy Yang A2 back online – Monday 31st October 2022
A short note about return to service for LYA2, which had been out for over 6 months.
AEMC published a Final Report as part of Stage 2 of the Transmission Planning and Investment Review
A short note about the AEMC's Transmission Planning and Investment Review - Stage 2 Final Report released last week, and submissions on Stage 3 Draft Report due this coming Thursday 3rd November.
False (re)start at Loy Yang A2 on 25th October
Prompted by a comment by a WattClarity reader, I've taken a quick look at Loy Yang A2 for the past week.
A new lowest point for NSW demand on Saturday 29th October 2022
Electricity demand in NSW has dropped to a new 'lowest in NEM history' point on Saturday 29th October 2022
AEMO publishes ‘Scheduling Error Report’ related to problems experienced on 10th August 2022
Also this week, the AEMO published a report about the glitch in the dispatch process that occurred back on 10th August 2022.
AEMO releases preliminary report into Tasmanian event on Friday 14th October 2022 (i.e. Article 5 in our series)
On Friday 28th October, the AEMO released its preliminary report into the storm damage to Liapootah – Palmerston 220 kV lines (loss of more than 500MW of load, and trip of Basslink and multiple...
AEMO released its QED for 2022 Q3
A quick note to mark Thursday's release of the QED for Q3 2022 by the AEMO
Quick initial notes about price spike at 17:30 on Friday 28th October 2022
A quick look at a brief price spike in NSW and QLD on Friday evening 28th October - which appears to be related to a Ravine -Yass(2) 330kV line outage.
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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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