AGL considering State Government request to keep Torrens Island open for two more years
Amongst the news articles this morning that are energy related was one noting a possible delay to the closure of Torrens Island. We take a quick look...
Amongst the news articles this morning that are energy related was one noting a possible delay to the closure of Torrens Island. We take a quick look...
It appears it was unit availability used to set the target for dispatch that went awry, rather than unit output.
Oliver Nunn from Endgame Economics argues that we must begin to think about the distribution of prices in the NEM as a function of weather.
With Administered Pricing in South Australia ongoing today, we take a longer-term look (across the past ~50 days) in the escalating pressure on Cumulative Price for LOWER1SEC FCAS in South Australia.
Part 3 in an evolving series of articles about a series of the network outage(s) on the Tailem Bend - Tungkillo 275kV line that's driven LOWER1SEC prices through the roof and triggered Administered Pricing...
Among other aspects, a large dip in solar UIGF aligns with the frequency deviation observed on 19th August 2025.
On Tuesday the 19th of August between 11:45 and 12:20 there was a significant frequency deviation on the mainland.
With Administered Pricing of all 10 x FCAS products in South Australia continuing into Monday 18th August 2025 (no surprise there), we take a second look.
On the weekend we noticed the release of the 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan, and thought it worth flagging here.
Another quick article for Sunday 17th August 2025 – this one noting a new 'lowest ever*' point for 'Market Demand' in Queensland, just shaving prior record from a year ago.
Oliver Nunn from Endgame Economics argues that we must begin to think about the distribution of prices in the NEM as a function of weather.
Alice Matthews examines how approval times for renewables vary widely by state and technology — with NSW wind projects facing the longest delays.
Using the latest GSD – GSD2024 – we take the opportunity to reflect on FCAS enablement and how enabled levels are changing between technology types.
Drawing from our freshly released GSD2024, Dan provides some deeper insights into curtailment in the NEM, beyond the headline totals that were a topic of much online discussion earlier this week.
It's Wednesday 5th February 2025, and we* are pleased to release the GSD2024 … following a focused effort across both teams over the period since the changeover from 2024 into 2025. Some details here,...
Dan looks at some recent and peculiar auto-clamping behaviour of interconnectors, and walks through the market arrangements causing these occurrences.
Whilst we're waiting to see where 'Market Demand' lands for Friday 24th January 2025 (we might report that later), I was curious in terms of supply-side performance of units over the past 4 days...
A 2024 review of the trend in the very fast FCAS services captures enablements, availabilities and costs.
It was captured by a keen eyed reader, that the distribution of mainland grid frequency in recent times now exhibits cat ears.
After returning from COP29 in Baku, Dan shares his thoughts about energy transition challenges in international electricity markets, and how they intersect with what we're seeing in the NEM.