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Paul McArdle Saturday, May 28 2022

Short-term wind lull on Friday 27th May 2022

A quick look into the short-term wind lull spanning more than daylight hours on Friday 27th May 2022.

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Paul McArdle Thursday, May 26 2022

Blast off! Q3 base-load futures contract prices jump $30/MWh to $40/MWh on Wednesday 25th May 2022

Prompted by a tweet from Dylan McConnell, here’s a trended look at price and volume for baseload ASX Energy futures contracts for Q3 2022 (and the picture’s not pretty).


Paul McArdle Thursday, May 26 2022

AER publishes final determination for the 2022-23 Default Market Offer

A short note to coincide with AER publication of Default Market Offer (DMO) for the 2022-23 financial year.


Marcelle Gannon Wednesday, May 25 2022

Who gets to run when everyone bids the same? A crash course in disorderly bidding and tie-breaking

Marcelle explores the little-understood concept in NEM dispatch of the tie-break principle, using the new ‘Constraint Dashboard’ widget in ez2view.


Paul McArdle Tuesday, May 24 2022

Victoria’s Essential Services Commission increases Electricity Default Offer for Victorian consumers

A short article about the release of the Default Offer from the Essential Services Commission for Victoria for the 2022-23 financial year.


Paul McArdle Sunday, May 22 2022

Exploring some things that could affect a Large-Scale Solar Farm’s value proposition

A short synopsis of my brief presentation last week (Thu 19th May 2022) at CEC Large Solar Forum in Brisbane.


Josh Stabler Tuesday, May 17 2022

Australian domestic weekly gas prices exceed $30 per GJ for the first time

A very short note containing a graph posted by Josh Stabler yesterday, showing that a new record Australian domestic weekly gas price has been hit.


Paul McArdle Tuesday, May 17 2022

Mainland hydros running hard, as a result of the recent volatility

A short article looking at changing patterns of hydro utilisation on the mainland – particularly with recent volatility.


Paul McArdle Tuesday, May 17 2022

Valley Power peaker runs hard during Thursday 12th May and Friday 13th May 2022

Have fielded some questions recently, so thought it easiest to include this snapshot from ez2view ‘Bids and Offers’ widget looking back over the past week from now and filtered down specifically to Snowy Hydro’s Valley Power peaking facility in the…


Paul McArdle Tuesday, May 17 2022

Morning price volatility in South Australia on Tuesday 17th May 2022

A quick look at market volatility in the South Australian region of the NEM on Tuesday 17th May 2022.


Paul McArdle Monday, May 16 2022

Market Volatility (and low IRPM) on Monday evening 16th May 2022 in QLD region

A short article about this evening’s market volatility in the QLD region on Monday 16th May 2022


Paul McArdle Sunday, May 15 2022

Run of price volatility in the QLD Region on Sunday evening 15th May 2022

A short note to mark this evening’s volatility in the QLD region.


Josh Stabler Wednesday, May 11 2022

Josh Stabler discusses the ‘timeline of energy scarcity’ at the EUAA conference this morning

Earlier today, Josh Stabler spoke at the Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA) conference in Melbourne about “the timeline of energy scarcity’. His presentation focused on rising spot and futures prices throughout the four mainland regions of the NEM.


Paul McArdle Wednesday, May 11 2022

Morning volatility in South Australia on Wednesday 11th May 2022

One (of many) dispatch intervals this morning with extreme price volatility.


Dan Lee Tuesday, May 10 2022

High prices being served up again in SA on Tuesday evening

After last night’s volatility in SA, sustained high prices have been on the menu again. With the SA spot price in quadruple digits for most of the past hour and half, hitting a peak of $9,941.06


Paul McArdle Monday, May 9 2022

Spot market volatility across all 4 mainland regions of the NEM – but particularly South Australia

I’ve already noted about the appropriateness of holding the EUAA National Conference this week … with gas and electricity spot prices being elevated as they have been in recent times! This evening (Monday 9th May 2022) market volatility has put…


Paul McArdle
Monday, May 9 2022

Transmission outage on ‘Ravine to Yass (2) 330kV line’ still ongoing

The ‘N-RVYS_2’ Constraint Set continues, with delays in the outage compared with expectations last week.


Paul McArdle
Monday, May 9 2022

Consistently elevated prices as a segue into EUAA National Conference this week

The EUAA is holding its National Conference this week in Melbourne, and we’re looking forward to being there. Elevated prices (which we have seen a lot of recently) are sure to be part of the conversation…


Paul McArdle
Monday, May 9 2022

Drop in forecast wind conditions for Thursday 12th May 2022 briefly triggers forecasts of Load Shedding (LOR3) in South Australia

A brief look, this morning, at the (briefly) forecast Load Shedding (i.e. LOR3) conditions for this Thursday 12th May 2022 in South Australia


Paul McArdle
Thursday, May 5 2022

Evening volatility again in QLD and NSW on Thursday 5th May 2022

Thursday 5th May 2022 again sees volatility in QLD and NSW



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