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Market Rules and the Numbers

The rules are the rules, but prevailing numbers can move around driven by changes in perceptions. What an ending to the financial year. This article reflects on the rules learnt and then makes observations of the last two quarters in the context of the changing market conditions.

5 min read Jul 6, 2023

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Jun-23 Energy News Bytes

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The first News Byte for the month is a positive outlook from AEMO's 2023 Winter Readiness Report forecasting a less severe winter with lower risks compared to 2022. Developments in the renewables and storage space also features significantly in this month's news.

7 min read Jul 3, 2023

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May-23 Energy Market Report

Jay Ros, Carl Daley, Eric Chan

May-23 was a story of increases across the energy market. Electricity spot prices were the highest year-to-date for all mainland NEM regions, forward electricity contract prices rallied across the NEM, and ancillary services costs for May were the highest year-to-date.

24 min read Jun 20, 2023

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May-23 Energy News Bytes

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Energy market news for May features a variety of important developments and announcements across the energy market. Most noteworthy were the AER's final determination for the 2023-24 Default Market Offer, and a number of significant developments in the renewables sector.

7 min read Jun 13, 2023

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Apr-23 Energy Market Report

Jay Ros, Carl Daley, Eric Chan

Despite mild weather, low demand and high solar generation during April, the wholesale electricity spot market continued to deliver strong prices in Qld and NSW, while Vic and SA were around the median of the last seven years, and Tas lower.

21 min read May 16, 2023

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Apr-23 Energy News Bytes

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Monthly energy market news for April covers a wide range of topics including LNG exports, the closure of Liddell Power Station, utility battery storage developments, and other news in the renewables space including significant updates on the growing wave of offshore wind projects.

6 min read May 8, 2023

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Mar-23 Energy Market Report

Jay Ros, Carl Daley, Eric Chan

March continued where February left off, with a softening forward electricity prices, gas prices, and LGC prices. But that all turned around in the last week of March with electricity, gas and LGC prices rallying strongly.

25 min read Apr 17, 2023

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Mar-23 Energy News Bytes

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Energy market news over the past month featured a number of important updates in the wholesale gas market with implications for the National Electricity Market in the short and medium term.

7 min read Apr 3, 2023

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Feb-23 Energy Market Report

Jay Ros, Carl Daley, Eric Chan

February was a relatively quiet and uneventful month in the energy market despite prices being tested by seasonably high demand in Vic and SA. Wholesale electricity and gas spot prices remained subdued, while the electricity forward market and the LGC market continued to soften.

22 min read Mar 30, 2023

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Jan-23 Energy Market Report

Jay Ros, Carl Daley, Eric Chan

2023 is well underway and the 2022 Energy Crisis now seems to be a thing of the past. Electricity spot prices, forward prices, gas prices, and LGCs all continue to soften as the year gets off to a promising start.

22 min read Mar 6, 2023

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Annual Market Report Part 3 - Generation and Demand

Jay Ros, Carl Daley, Eric Chan

This report is the third and final part of our Annual Report series, and focusses on generation, demand and reserve levels. There are 7 components of the report providing a range of insights and conclusions.

16 min read Feb 8, 2023

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Annual Market Report Part 2 - Financial

Jay Ros, Carl Daley, Eric Chan

This second part of our Annual Market Report focuses on the Financial aspects of the market by addressing the performance of financial swap and cap derivatives, before assessing environmental certificates.

14 min read Feb 2, 2023