A quick look at bidding in QLD … back on on 18th February 2016
Because it was the focus of discussion and deliberation recently in the QUD19/2021 QLD Class Action, here’s a view of bidding of all suppliers in QLD on 18th February 2016.
Dismissal of the class action against QLD Gencos (Stanwell Corporation and CS Energy) … part 1
On Wednesday 4th December 2024 we saw that Aaron Kelly of the ABC had written ‘Class action against Queensland’s government-owned electricity generators dismissed’. Today we get a chance to take a first look.
Curtailment concerns provide a view of the future
Reserve levels and curtailment estimates of November 27 indicate looming transmission challenges for the future.
‘Market Demand’ in Victoria (apparently!) drops 3,100MW in 5 minutes, on Monday 9th December 2024 … a data glitch?!
No sooner had we hit
‘Market Demand’ in Victoria ramps by 903MW in 10 minutes, on Monday 9th December 2024
In Victoria on Monday afternoon 9th December 2024 we see ‘Market Demand’ has ramped up by 1,802MW in 25 minutes (including a ramp of 903MW in 10 minutes). Yikes!
Mercury Rising: Recent NSW prices and the impact on customers
Oliver Nunn of Endgame Analytics provides this summary of NSW price, demand and generation trends to provide context about what has happened in the region over the past several weeks.
Eraring Unit 2 offline for ~13 days, with tube leak
Eraring unit 2 came offline prior to 21:46 NEM time on Sunday evening 8th December 2024 as captured in this alert triggered by the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view at the time. Here we take a quick look.
Frequency Performance Payments project commences non-financial operation, 9th December 2024
AEMO’s Frequency Performance Payments (FPP) project has commenced in production today under “non-financial operation” (NFO).
A quick look at spikes of Contingency Raise FCAS price in QLD on 9th, 10th and 11th October 2024
A quick snapshot of some volatility in Contingency Raise FCAS Prices in QLD spanning Wednesday 9th October 2024, Thursday 10th October 2024, Friday 11th October 2024.
Evening volatility (and high demand) in QLD on Sunday 8th December 2024
Recording a snapshot from NEMwatch at the 18:00 dispatch interval on Sunday 8th December 2024 to record the start of a run of volatility in QLD (and in NSW).
Initial Review of price volatility in NSW in early afternoon Friday 6th December 2024
For several reasons, we’ve reviewed some afternoon volatility in NSW on Friday 6th December 2024.
January’s final report ‘Review of the Integrated System Plan’ for the Ministerial Council is noted in the Senate
One of the things I noticed on social media over the past week or so (emanating out of the current Senate Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia) was the the enhanced visibility given to the ‘Final Report of the the Integrated System Plan’.
Eraring unit 3 back online, Friday morning 6th December 2024
This morning at 07:25 the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view alerted us that ER03 had reached a ‘first output’ milestone during the return-to-service journey.
New report by Mandala about Data Centres ‘Empowering Australia’s Digital Future Data Centres’
A short note (and link to) the Mandala report titled ‘Empowering Australia’s Digital Future Data Centres: Essential digital infrastructure underpinning everyday life’.
Afternoon volatility in NSW on Friday 6th December 2024
A snapshot of the 14:35 dispatch interval, at the start of a run of spot price volatility in NSW on Friday afternoon 6th December 2024.
The most recent 14 days of data for VIC1-NSW1
Here’s a quick 14-day review of the operation of the VIC1-NSW1 interconnector, including the price difference across it.
Today’s discussion (at the Senate Committee) of planned or unplanned outages in the NSW supply fleet on Wednesday 27th November 2024
References to WattClarity in today’s session of the Senate Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia (between Matt Canavan and Daniel Westerman) spiked our interest – and, given the topic was NSW unit outages on Wednesday 27th November 2024, we took a quick look.
NEM-wide IRPM below 15%, on Thursday evening 5th December 2024
On Thursday 5th December 2024, the sun’s set now (at least in Brisbane) and the SMS alerts have begun to trigger because the NEM-wide IRPM has dropped below the 15% alert trigger level.
Hot weather (and low wind) bring price action to South Australia on Thursday afternoon 5th December 2024
Worth a brief article with this NEMwatch snapshot at 14:15 (NEM time) with the spot price in South Australia at $12,500.44/MWh.
Mothballed diesel generators might be brought back in SA
SA Government has requested that two recently mothballed diesel power stations be eligible for provision of emergency reserves.