Market Commentary The average price of wholesale electricity futures covering the National Electricity Market (NEM) has dropped by 6.8 percent since the start of the …
February 2025 Electricity Market Review
January 2025 Electricity Market Review
Market Commentary Electricity spot pricing in January 2025 dropped across all states in the National Electricity Market (NEM) compared to December 2024, with the trend …
Emergency Diesel Generators in South Australia: A Backup Strategy for Renewable Integration
South Australia, known for its heavy reliance on renewable energy sources, has recently employed an unexpected strategy to ensure a reliable energy supply during the …
Large-scale energy users can trade reduced demand under Wholesale Demand Response rule from October 2021
As from October 2021, large-scale energy users will be able to sell scaled-back use of electricity into the grid under the Wholesale Demand Response rule. …
Negawatts: Selling negative electricity consumption into the wholesale market
An exciting proposal has been put forward by the Australian Energy Market Commission to allow businesses to sell their curtailed energy demand – negawatts – …
Egregious energy discounts which left people worse off banned by AEMC
It’s good news for energy users this month as the Australian Energy Market Commission has made a new rule to stop shocking pseudo energy discounts …
Energy gaming by generators cost Australian consumers $3.4 billion between 2013 and 2017
Electricity generators deliberately manipulated the National Energy market by bidding, withdrawing bids to create artificial scarcity, and rebidding to force prices upwards in a process …
AEMO chief says National Energy Market rules no longer make sense
Australia’s National Energy Market rules no longer make sense and need to be updated to reflect the fast-paced transition that the country is making towards …
Tripling electricity price increases put forecast drops into serious doubt – how can you protect your business?
Businesses facing paying up to a triple electricity price increase when renewing electricity contracts are putting serious doubts on forecasts that energy tariffs will become …
Wholesale electricity prices expected to drop under new 5-minute trading interval
Wholesale electricity prices in Australia will be traded at an interval of 5 minutes as from 1 July 2021, replacing the current 30-minute interval system. …
