A shorter and shallower bout of low IRPM on Wednesday evening 19th June 2024
A brief recap of Wednesday evening 19th June 2024.
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Tallawarra B gets a run, on Tuesday 18th June 2024
On Tuesday 18th June 2024, Tallawarra B was running for a period (after a lengthy period offline).
Tomorrow’s brief network outage (on the Rowville – South Morang 500 kV line) *might* have high impact
A short note about the (possibly high impact) short outage planned tomorrow on the Rowville - South Morang 500 kV line in VIC (re the ‘V-ROSM’ constraint set)
Federal Coalition announces 7 sites proposed for nuclear power
A very short article to record the Federal Coalition's announcement of possible sites for nuclear power stations.
NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ above 30,000MW on Wednesday *morning* 19th June 2024
A short note about a spell of high NEM-wide 'Market Demand' on Wednesday morning 19th June 2024.
Low IRPM eventuates (as low as 10.89%), as expected, on Tuesday evening 18th June 2024 .. reaching 120 minutes
A contemporaneous record of a run of low IRPM on a NEM-wide basis that's reached 120 minutes long.
‘Collector to Yass 3L’ network outage truncated, 3 weeks early
A short note recording the (very fortuitous) curtailment of the 'N-CTYS_3L_WG_CLOSE' constraint set as the Collector Wind Farm to Yass 3L 330kV line returns to service 3 weeks earlier than expected.
Potentially challenging lack of reserve conditions in NSW over 18 to 21 June 2024
Prompted by sequence of alerts about of lack of reserve market notices I delved in to the data to understand where and when using the LOR outlook for the NEM’s regions in ez2view. The...
Mt Piper unit 1 offline till Monday 24th June with boiler tube leak
Mt Piper unit 1 appears to have come offline overnight for boiler tube leak, with expected return to service sometime Monday 24th June 2024.
NEM-wide IRPM might be below 15% during evenings the next 3 days… Tue 18th, Wed 19th and Thu 20th June 2024
Following a 90-minute period of low IRPM yesterday evening (Mon 17th June 2024) we take a quick look at see forecast low levels of IRPM for Tue 18th June evening (very low!) and Wed...
Guest Authored Posts
We need more research on storage trading
In this guest post, Greg Williams calls for more research into how storage bidding—particularly auto-rebidding—is reshaping price formation and competition as flexible assets take centre stage in the NEM.
Battery bidding is reshaping FCAS — But Demand Response remains a strategic asset
Paul Moore of Viotas look at recent supply-demand dynamics within the contingency FCAS markets and whether demand response can play a role.
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