GenInsights Quarterly Update for 2023 Q4 released
A somewhat belated note about our release of GenInsights Quarterly Updates report for 2023 Q4 earlier in March 2024.
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Another slight slippage in return to service (RTS) expectation for Callide C3
A short note about another (minor) delay in return to service for the repaired Callide C3 unit, that suffered a cooling tower failure.
The BOM reference document ‘Australian Space Weather Alert System’
This BOM document ‘Australian Space Weather Alert System’ might be a useful reference.
AEMO Market Notice about ‘Space weather’
Early this morning AEMO issued MN115774 about a Space Weather Event and warned 'the effects are expected to be significant'.
A focused look at operations at Victoria Big Battery (VBB) on Tuesday 13th February 2024
In this article we circle back to Tuesday 13th February 2024 to tick off a few more of the long list of questions about the 'Major Power System Event' - in this article with...
Background information about the Victorian Big Battery and the SIPS service (System Integrity Protection System)
Prompted by the other article today, I've taken a look at published information about the required operations of the Victoria Big Battery (VBB) under the System Integrity Protection System (SIPS).
AEMO report on multiple incidents impacting SCADA over almost 3 years 2021, 2022 and 2023
Also last week, AEMO informed the market of the availability of a report outlining 18 discrete incidents, over a period of just under 3 years, that included SCADA failure in some way. The report...
ESIG Report ‘New Resource Adequacy Criteria for the Energy Transition’
Last week I was notified of the release of a new ESIG report ‘New Resource Adequacy Criteria for the Energy Transition’, which will be of interest to some WattClarity readers.
AER issues paper on Enhanced Wholesale Market Monitoring and Reporting Guideline
A short article following AER's release of an Issues Paper relating to the (soon to be enacted) expansion of its Wholesale Market Monitoring and Reporting responsibilities for Electricity (and Gas).
Where’s that major planned outage for YWPS1 go?
A client question (for GenInsights Quarterly Updates) recently prompted a quick look at the delay to the start of the planned outage for Yallourn Unit 1.
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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