Case Study of NEM-wide Aggregate Scheduled Target on Thursday 18th January 2024
Second short case study today in relation to Aggregate Scheduled Target ... this one focused on a large ROCUP on Thursday afternoon 18th January 2024.
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Case Study of NEM-wide Aggregate Scheduled Target in early February 2024
In conjunction with the completion of GenInsights Quarterly Updates for 2024 Q1, here's a 7-day trend of Aggregate Scheduled Target in early February 2024.
Eraring and Yallourn units offline on unplanned outages again
A short article noting ER01 and YWPS3 offline for Unplanned Maintenance/Forced Outages, and another coming soon for ER02
Welcome to the Power Station of the Future – But Take Care
Ellise Janetzki posts this overview about operating hybrid plants, following her presentation at the Clean Energy Council's ALSSSS event in Brisbane earlier this week.
A spurt of price volatility in South Australia on Thursday 6th June 2024
A short record of some volatility on Thursday afternoon 6th June 2024.
Elevated prices in SA on 4th June 2024
A brief run of high energy prices in SA on 4th June 2024 was observed in the evening. Energy prices as projected in the predispatch runs from earlier in the day had threatened to...
AEMO publishes update to ‘Guide to Mis-Pricing Information’ in conjunction with IESS
On 1st August 2024 the AEMO approved for distribution version 5 of the document 'Guide to Mis-Pricing Information' with reference to the IESS go-live on 3rd June 2024. Hence the date of this article...
Snapshot of Monday evening 3rd June 2024
A quick article with a snapshot from NEMwatch at the 18:25 dispatch interval to highlight a couple things we might come back to later.
Who’s who in the ESOO
A compiled list of development projects delayed or leaving the market in between the ESOO2023 and its update released two weeks ago. Along with some analysis of longer term trends with the development pipeline.
(The main part of) IESS goes live today – Monday 3rd June 2024
A short note (on Monday 3rd June 2024) with the IESS changes going live today.
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How the NEM BESS fleet is operating on peak days, and how to be a savvy operator
In this guest article, Matt Grover from Fluence draws on operational data and real-world trading experience to unpack how Australia’s grid-scale batteries performed across three June 2025 peak days — and what capabilities belong...
Why Gladstone’s prospective closure reveals a new kind of NEM failure
With the Queensland state government’s new energy roadmap due out tomorrow, Greg Elkins highlights how distorted signals and state interventions expose a new NEM failure.
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