AEMO’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics for Q2 2025
A brief note that AEMO's Quarterly Energy Dynamics for Q2 2025 is published.
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Today marks the go-live date for the AEMO’s new unit-level availability data and other STPASA changes, on 31st July 2025
New unit-level availability data and other changes to the STPASA process are scheduled to go live from today.
CSIRO releases the 2024-25 GenCost Final Report on Tuesday 29th July 2025
The CSIRO published the final version of their 2024/25 GenCost report yesterday.
Lower 1-second FCAS volatility continues in SA
A brief article to note the continued impact of the Tailem Bend to Tungkillo line outage on FCAS prices.
NEM-wide wind generation exceeds 10GW for the first time, on Friday evening 25th July 2025
A belated post to note a new all-time record for wind production was broken on Friday evening.
Basslink flows shift since end of agreement on 30th June 2025
An agreement restraining how Basslink is bid into the energy market has ended, resulting in changes in bidding and energy flows.
Four questions we’re pondering ahead of the 2025 Clean Energy Summit in Sydney next week
A primer ahead of the CEC’s Clean Energy Summit in Sydney next week, highlighting just a few of the many questions on our minds.
Volatility within the contingency FCAS market in SA today, Thursday 24th July 2025
A short post to note some price volatility for the 'Lower 1 Sec' contingency FCAS commodity in SA today, with prices flickering between the FCAS price floor and the market price cap.
Frequency Performance Payments 44 days in
An initial review of payment and cost outcomes of the first 44 days of financial operation of the FPP arrangements.
Suspect SCADA drove data discrepancy on 9th December 2024
The incident description in the scheduling error declaration provides us with a glimpse into the underlying cause.
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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