Output of Snowy to increase by 50% on project completion in 2022 2,000 MW of power output will power 500,000 homes Power will be channelled into National Energy Market Energy …
Electricity Rates in Review – February 2017
Since our last wholesale rate update in December 16, electricity rates across NSW, QLD and VIC have increased significantly. Increases in South Australia were relatively subdued. These wholesale price trends …
Electricity Market Wrap – November 16
Wholesale electricity markets continue to trend upward largely due to uncertainty relating to the future mix of generation. Specifically, how much longer will we have the cost-benefit of cheap brown …
Electricity Market Wrap (14/11/2016)
Wholesale electricity markets continue to trend up due to supply-side generation challenges and rising coal and natural gas prices. For the month of October, Electricity futures in all states increased …
ABC Article: SA weather: Safety settings caused wind farms to reduce output during SA’s blackout, regulator says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-19/sa-weather-safety-settings-caused-wind-farms-to-fail-blackout/7945450 …
Wholesale Energy Markets Brace for Hazelwood Announcement
Uncertainty is prevailing in wholesale electricity markets across the NEM, with the future of the Hazelwood brown coal power station potentially being decided by the end of this week. Hazelwood’s …
Electricity Rates in Review – September 2016
NSW (Increase) Wholesale futures prices in NSW trended up significantly in the month of September with an average increase of over 10%. This was in part driven by speculation relating …
South Australia’s enormous July power price spike sounds national electricity alarm: Grattan Institute
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-25/sa’s-power-price-spike-sounds-national-electricity-alarm/7875970 …
Closing Victoria’s Hazelwood power station is no threat to electricity supply… but certainly a threat to stable wholesale electricity prices
The threat of Hazelwood being shut down as early as April next year may not be a threat to Australia’s electricity supply…. but it’s certainly impacting confidence and delivering more …
