Large drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria, on Sunday morning 11th October 2026
Sunday morning 11th October 2026 also saw a significant drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria.
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Someone’s gotta be hurting … spot prices down below –$100/MWh in South Australia for hours
A short note with this snapshot from NEMwatch at 11:00 (NEM time) on Sunday 11th October 2026, to highlight some very negative spot prices in South Australia.
A quick look (with ‘next day public’ data) at the (apparent) machinations at Millmerran unit 2 on Friday morning 9th October 2026
Yesterday we noted some strange (apparent) output pattern implied in SCADA data for Millmerran 2 (on Fri 9th Oct 2026). Today we take a closer look at what...
The curious case of extreme Spot Price (and LOR) forecasts for NSW on Saturday 10th October 2026
Last article today – and a short and cryptic one – which follows a bit of ‘show and tell’ with a customer late today - about strange forecasts...
Forecast PEC2 targets temporarily violate in predispatch runs on 9th October 2026
A keen-eyed reader pointed us, today, towards an interesting predispatch outcome for the new PEC2 interconnector.
A 426MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria, on Friday morning 9th October 2026
Earlier this morning (Fri 9th Oct 2026) we documented a 512MW (or ~9%) drop in demand in QLD. A few hours later – at the 10:25 dispatch interval...
A bout of significant charging at Waratah BESS, contributing to QLD and NSW price spike (Fri 9th Oct 2026)
An ez2view client and avid WattClarity reader was fast off the mark with a tip to look at Waratah BESS - which (via charging at the time) contributed...
Other curious events occurred in QLD on Friday morning 9th October 2026 ( QLD Demand, and Millmerran 2)
We’ve already observed some ‘Elevated prices (in QLD and NSW) on Friday morning 9th October 2026 … and then SA a little later’. Later on in the morning...
Elevated prices (in QLD and NSW) on Friday morning 9th October 2026 … and then SA a little later
My ‘elevated prices’ alerts have been quiet for a lengthy period (apart from the odd spikes for FCAS in Tasmania). So a string of alerts for prices >...
A 622MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW – early Wednesday afternoon 7th October 2026
My ez2view Mobile App alert triggered, to let me know that there’d been a significant drop in ‘Market Demand’ in the NSW region (down 622MW in the 12:40...
Will we see you at All Energy 2026 in Melbourne?
As has been the case for many years, a number of us will be attending All Energy Conference and Exhibition in 3 weeks in Melbourne (Wed 28th and...
Offshore Wind in Victoria to receive a CfD and an Availability payment … but where was that structure in the ESEM process?
Sophie’s article on RenewEconomy drew our attention to the fact that Offshore Wind Victoria had recently published this 12-page glossy about ‘Victoria offshore wind auction – Australian-fires Request...
Latest MT PASA modelling results show no Low Reserve Conditions
The latest MT PASA results, published today (Tuesday 6th October 2026) show no Low Reserve Conditions forecast.
Loopy – or not?
Guest author, Allan O'Neil takes a look at one particular dispatch interval (09:20 on Sunday morning 4th October 2026) to explore an instance of counter-priced flow incorporating the...
A more staggered (and much longer) return-to-service path for the destroyed Tungatinah Power Station
Given that the fire onsite ‘destroyed Tungatinah Power Station’ (to quote Hydro Tasmania) it will surprise noone that today (Mon 5th Oct 2026) Hydro Tasmania has updated the...
A voltage dip (and a spike) in Victoria (coincident with the trip of Loy Yang A1) at 03:58 on 7th September 2026
We’ve already written 3 articles about the earlier-than-expected start to the long (mostly) planned outage of Loy Yang A1 early in the morning of Monday 7th September 2026....
‘Summer is coming!’ … Part 1
Over recent weeks we’ve seen a number of warnings about what’s in store for summer 2026-27 in the NEM, so we take a first look.
Two curiosities about upcoming outages at Eraring Power Station
A short article for Monday 5th October 2026, with this snapshot from two widgets in ez2view highlighting two points that spiked my interest in Origin’s Eraring Power Station,...
A trend of MacIntyre Wind Farm daily stats, over more than 2 years
An article on RenewEconomy (with respect to MacIntyre Wind Farm construction/commissioning delays) prompts us to have a look, over the past 26 months to 4th October 2026.
AEMO notes ‘Release of Heywood limit from SA to Victoria’ on Friday 2nd October 2026
It’s worth noting that AEMO published MN145449 at 12:37 on Friday 2nd October 2026 to report on other developments on the other main link into South Australia