Palmerston to Waddamana lines returned to service on December 2, 2022
A successful return to service for the Waddamana to Palmerston 220 kV lines following damage sustained during landslides on 14 October 2022.
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AEMO release preliminary report into the trip of the South East – Tailem Bend 275 kV on 12 November 2022
Last week the AEMO released a preliminary report into the trip of the South East – Tailem Bend 275 kV line that caused SA to be islanded from the rest of the NEM for...
AEMO releases ‘Engineering Roadmap to 100% Renewables’ report
Today the AEMO released a 101-page engineering framework report on the steps required to operate the NEM at 100% instataneous penetrations of renewables.
The Administered Price Cap has increased to $600/MWh as of today 1st December 2022
A rule change increasing the Administered Price Cap from $300/MWh to $600/MWh, submitted by Alinta Energy, has come into effect today.
Callide C3’s return to service pushed back to February 2023
QLD looks like it will be without Callide's C3 unit until at least February 2023.
Administered Pricing ends for FCAS in SA on Saturday 26th November 2022
Administered Pricing has ended for FCAS in SA after roughly 12 days.
A quick (interim) review of the ~7 days living on the SA island + some broader questions to explore later
Yesterday's note from ElectraNet prompted this initial summary of some of what we've seen happen with the SA islanding event over the last 12 days.
Enhancement of ASEFS and AWEFS forecasts provided by AEMO – from Wednesday 23th November 2022
A short article, to record the upgrade of the ASEFS and AWEFS forecasts for Semi-Scheduled (i.e. Wind and Large Solar) units.
SA Islanding: Never mind the ‘Big Solar Button’, here’s Flexible Exports
James Martin from SwitchDin, provides an overview of the state of distributed energy management, and how it relates to last week's events in SA.
SA islanding ends, on Saturday evening 19th November 2022
On Saturday evening 19th November 2022 the Heywood interconnector returned to service following temporary repairs to the tower damaged on Saturday 12th November.
Guest Authored Posts
Triple C conditions (cold, calm and cloudy) across the NEM last Thursday evening 26th June 2025
Carl Daley examines the underlying conditions and outcomes that occurred last Thursday evening, the 26th of June.
We need more research on storage trading
In this guest post, Greg Williams calls for more research into how storage bidding—particularly auto-rebidding—is reshaping price formation and competition as flexible assets take centre stage in the NEM.
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