AEMO publishes ‘Statement of Need’ for MSL Transitional Services
AEMO has, on Monday 23rd December 2024 published this Statement of Need for MSL Transitional Services.
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Low ‘Market Demand’ … and Actual MSL1 … in Victoria on Sunday 22nd December 2024
A short article to record the incidence of the ‘Actual MSL1’ event for the VIC region, which AEMO noted in MN122399 at 11:16 on Sunday 22nd December 2024
AEMO forecasts a (second ever?) MSL2-level ‘Minimum System Load’ for Victoria on Sunday 22nd December 2024
Worth noting MN122275 published at 15:51 on Thursday 19th December 2024 being what I believe might be the second-ever forecast for the tighter MSL2- level alert for the coming Sunday 22nd December 2024.
Planned network outage on Line 17 (Avon to Macarthur) commences on Wednesday morning 18th December 2024, as per the (deferred) plan
A short note to highlight that the alerting in ez2view has flagged that the (deferred) network outage (in the ‘N-X_AVMA_KCTX’ constraint set) commenced Wednesday morning 18th December 2024.
Part 2 in a review of bidding, on Monday 16th December 2024 (a focus on VIC Wind Farms)
We’ve posted ‘A quick initial review of bids, for Monday 16th December 2024’ early in the morning of the following day. In this follow-on article, we focus specifically on Wind Farms in Victoria -...
Actual LOR1 eventuates in NSW on Tue afternoon 17th Dec 2024
Market Notice #122113 states that an actual LOR1 condition has eventuated in NSW, with prices and demand still fluctuating in the region at the time of writing.
Locations of last week’s CIS winners vs known areas of congestion
After a suggestion from a reader, Dan plots the locations of the 19 winning CIS projects announced last week against economic and network curtailment data.
Price start to climb in (QLD and) NSW on Tuesday 17th December 2024
A short article with this NEMwatch snapshot at 15:20 (NEM time) to highlight that spot prices in NSW and QLD have started to climb, but demand forecast for NSW is moderating.
Victoria soared to 47°C yesterday, for first time since Black Summer
Weatherzone's Ant Sharwood shares insights into yesterday's extreme temperatures in Victoria.
Putting Victoria’s high demand levels (on Monday 16th December 2024) in longer-term context
Electricity Demand in Victoria on Monday 16th December 2024 reached quite high levels … but they were not ‘all time maximum’ (i.e if looking at 'Market Demand' or 'Grid Demand').
Guest Authored Posts
Not all renewable projects are created equal: Why approval times vary dramatically across Australia
Alice Matthews examines how approval times for renewables vary widely by state and technology — with NSW wind projects facing the longest delays.
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.
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