Brief analysis of the trend in production (across the NEM) by fuel type.
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Brief recap on the historical trend in spot prices in the NEM
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…
Historical Distributions in Spot Prices
Colourful distribution of spot prices – for each year of 11.5 years of NEM history.
Clearly see the trend over time.
Escalating Capital Requirements
Some notes (which will be updated later) about capital requirements for the Australian Electricity Supply Industry
Prices see-saw over the full $13,250/MWh price range – but it’s all revised!
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.
Background to Winter 2010 in the NEM
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.
Cold snap brings price spike in NSW
A price spike close to the Market Price Cap in NSW this evening provides an spur to do some quick analysis.
My synopsis of Opportunities & Threats for Energy Users
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.
Tagged energy user, EUAA
Some context for the recent Basslink outage
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 [...]
Tagged Basslink, transmission outage
Price spikes in SA and VIC on 21st April
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.
Tagged high prices, South Australia, Victoria