AEMO releases Q4 2022 Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report
A short note marking today's release of the AEMO's QED for Q4 2022 and the subsequent media coverage thus far.
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Coal crunch within sight, with Eraring scheduled closure in 19th August 2025
One other thing noticed this morning was the scheduled drop in coal availability in spring 2025 (not just because of Eraring's scheduled closure).
Expected Return to Service date for Callide C3* slips further back, to 30th June 2023
A short article about a further delay in the expected return to service date for Callide C3 (which is offline after suffering cooling tower failure).
A subdued start to summer 2022-23
It's been quite quiet on a price alert front so far this summer ... here's one reason why.
Using the (draft of) GSD2022 to investigate those Solar Farms suffering significant curtailment
An article on RenewEconomy this week (about some analysis by analysts at ANU) coincided with our review of sequential drafts of the GSD2022, and prompted this article to have a look at some reported...
South Australia’s Energy Minister triggers the Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO) for SA in Q1 2026
A release from the AER states that SA's Minister for Energy and Mining has triggered the RRO (and hence MLO) in South Australia for Q1 2026.
More delays in expected Return to Service (RTS) for both Callide C3 and C4
Yesterday (Wed 28th Dec) CS Energy informed the market of further delays in RTS for Callide C3 and C4 - today we take a quick look.
Media buzz about compensation for Gladstone Power Station under the coal price cap
Two media articles (in the Guardian and the Australian) prompt a quick article, utilising an in-development copy of the up-coming GSD2022.
Tis the season … for a ‘bomb cyclone’ in North America that stretches wholesale supplies of electricity (and leaves >1M customers off supply with localised network outages)
All's been quiet in the Australian National Electricity Market ... which is not the same as the situation in North America, where extreme cold has stretched supplies across a large swathe of the country...
‘NEM Local Temperature Alert’ for Port Augusta on Monday 26th December 2022
A short note about AEMO's MN104622 ... with a high temperature warning for Port Augusta for 26th December 2022.
Guest Authored Posts
How the NEM BESS fleet is operating on peak days, and how to be a savvy operator
In this guest article, Matt Grover from Fluence draws on operational data and real-world trading experience to unpack how Australia’s grid-scale batteries performed across three June 2025 peak days — and what capabilities belong...
Why Gladstone’s prospective closure reveals a new kind of NEM failure
With the Queensland state government’s new energy roadmap due out tomorrow, Greg Elkins highlights how distorted signals and state interventions expose a new NEM failure.
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