Burst of volatility in NSW and QLD (and Actual LOR1) on Thursday 13th March 2025
A short note with a snapshot from NEMwatch at 17:40 (NEM time) on Thursday 13th March 2025 to mark some volatility.
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An initial look at Winners and Losers from Frequency Performance Payments (FPP)
In his first article, Jack Fox reports some initial observations from a review of the Non Financial Operations (NFO) data that's been published since Dec 2024.
Three headline observations, about the use of proxies for System Frequency in Frequency Control mechanisms
Various authors have shared articles about frequency, frequency control and Regulation FCAS in recent times (including 6 from Linton). Here's three things that jumped out to me in these pieces of analysis.
‘Market Demand’ in TAS drops by 151MW on Wednesday 12th March 2025
A quick article to record this large drop in 'Market Demand' in TAS, notified to us by the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view at 12:00 (NEM time) on Wednesday 12th March 2025.
AWEFS and ASEFS dispatch availability forecast outage on 11 March, 2025
AWEFS and ASEFS dispatch availability forecast systems experienced what looks to be an outage and we uncover how the 'SCADA' origin filled the gap.
Gremlins in AEMO systems publish rogue APC alert for South Australia, Sunday 9th March 2025
Which much attention focused on Queensland (in the wash out that has been TC Albert) a rogue Administered Pricing Notice (MN125439) for South Australia was a head scratcher, on Sunday 9th March 2025.
ex-TC Alfred makes landfall overnight, many more unplanned network outages result
It’s Sunday morning 9th March 2025 and a reference to the Energex Outage Map shows many more orange splotches denoting unplanned outages (by virtue of ex-TC Alfred).
What other details are visible, of those network trips in northern NSW yesterday (Fri 7th March 2025)?
Taking another look (on Saturday afternoon 8th March 2025) at what we can see of those network elements in northern NSW that tripped on Friday morning 7th March ... possibly related (or possibly unrelated)...
Power Outages in Northern NSW and South-East Queensland at Saturday morning 8th March 2025
A Saturday morning update (8th March 2025) following the overnight advance of TC Alfred.
Yass to Wagga control scheme update removes some constraints
The notice informs us that an update to the Yass overload trip scheme means it is now managing flows on lines 990, 991 and 970 132kV in both directions.
Guest Authored Posts
What the hail is happening with Brisbane’s weather?
Anthony Cornelius from WeatherWatch explains the climate drivers behind Southeast Queensland’s unusually intense 2025 hail season — context that matters for those tracking how extreme weather is evolving and influencing the energy market.
Why network outages matter for generator and storage revenue, risk and investment decisions
Nadali Mahmoudi from EPEC Group presents a short case study to show why network-outage modelling is essential for understanding revenue opportunities, curtailment risk and long-term investment decisions.
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