From 2019 and into 2020 2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest year on record. This summer saw its fair share of challenges, with the combination of extreme heat, generator and…
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Article by Mark Ludlow and Angela Macdonald-Smith Australian Financial Review. Energy security isn’t just about preventing blackouts, grid operators and regulators spend more time simply making sure the power supply doesn’t damage all…
The million-dollar question is when to go to market to renew electricity contracts. For those customers who had contracts expiring in 2019, many held off going to market in Q1,…
Gas is a vital part of the electricity generation market and as such it helps to determine electricity price on the east coast. Prices in the eastern states have soared…
The recent historical trend that has seen Q1 and Q2 as an opportune time to recontract contrasts with current events. Post Cal 2018 saw contract and futures prices rise aggressively…
With wholesale prices for the National Electricity Market (NEM) currently sitting at approximately $97 per megawatt hour, the Federal Government’s promise of wholesale electricity prices falling to $70 per megawatt…
EMS would like to encourage all our NSW clients to attend one of the upcoming OEH briefing sessions to learn how you can access this generous NSW Government funding. Our…
AEMO noted in a statement last year that the energy system is undergoing unprecedented transformation. With the recent exit of almost 5,000MW of generation in the last decade, Australia does…
While there is an unstoppable force of clean energy transition not controlled by government policy, spot price outcomes over February will still be driven by temperature outcomes and the…
The underlying drivers for the surge in NEM spot prices since 2015, and related impacts on contract and retail prices centre on reductions in available supply, with the retirement of…