Brief analysis of the trend in production (across the NEM) by fuel type.
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Brief analysis of the trend in production (across the NEM) by fuel type.
Some analysis of the way in which prices in the Australian National Electricity Market have trended over time, from as far back as 1994 (in the markets that were precursors to the NEM).
Post written to provide some context to considerations about where prices are headed for the future…
Colourful distribution of spot prices – for each year of 11.5 years of NEM history.
Clearly see the trend over time.
Some notes (which will be updated later) about capital requirements for the Australian Electricity Supply Industry
A record of how a day of see-sawing prices appeared (in real time) in NEM-Watch
Note that the high prices have since been revised, but the low prices (down to -$1000/MWh) remain, at least for now.
Inspired by the price spike experienced this evening, I have spent a little time to put together the background to winters in the NEM.
This will be useful in understanding the context of any other events that occur this winter, and are analysed on WattClarity.
A price spike close to the Market Price Cap in NSW this evening provides an spur to do some quick analysis.
A high-level summary of some concerns of energy users, linked to a (progressively) growing number of more detailed posts that will be added over time.
I noted that the recent Basslink outage made the news today as a result of political point scoring in the Tasmanian parliament.
As noted in the news report, the Basslink outage started on Saturday 17th April, and continued through until Monday 26th April. The NEM-Watch snapshots included in Kim’s post last week showed Basslink flow remaining [...]
Just after midday today (Wednesday 21st April) South Australia and Victoria experienced some high spot prices. Here’s a quick post to highlight what happened.