Daily analysis

National

(?) Sat, 31 July 2010
Gauge shows yesterday's maximum national demand was 29005 MW compared to the record national demand of 35551 MW since market start. Gauge shows yesterday's national energy market turnover was $22 million compared to the rolling 12 month daily average turnover of $20.6 million. Gauge shows there was 0 % of despatch intervals where the flow on all regulated interconnectors was unconstrained. Note both MurrayLink and the Heywood interconnectors need to be operating at their limits to qualify as a constrained despatch interval. Gauge shows yesterday's combined turnover in the FCAS markets was $42,000.

Tasmania

(?) New South Wales | Queensland | Victoria | South Australia
Gauge shows yesterday's maximum demand in Tasmania was 1385 MW compared to the record Tasmania demand of 1749 MW since market start. Gauge shows yesterday's volume weighted average price in Tasmania was $21 /MWh compared to yesterday's maximum price of $23.9 /MWh for the region. Gauge shows yesterday's volatility in Tasmania was 0.1 using the price volatility index. Gauge shows yesterday's energy consumption in Tasmania was 29 GWh compared to the record Tasmania daily energy consumption of 36 GWh since market start.

Daily analysis help

National (excluding Tasmania)

Demand

Blue pointer:

represents yesterday's maximum coincident demand across the regions of the national market. The value appears below the title.

White pointer:

represents the record coincident demand across the regions since market start.

Range:

20,000 MW to 36,000 MW, in increments of 4,000 MW.

Turnover

Blue pointer:

represents yesterday's national energy market turnover. The value appears below the title.

White pointer:

represents the rolling 12 month daily average turnover for the national energy market.

Range:

$0 to $80 million. Values are in millions of dollars.

Price alignment

Blue pointer:

represents the percentage of despatch intervals where the flow on all regulated interconnectors was unconstrained. Note both MurrayLink and the Heywood interconnectors need to be operating at their limits to qualify as a constrained despatch interval.

Range:

0 to 100 per cent.

FCAS

Blue pointer:

represents yesterday's combined turnover in the FCAS markets. The value appears below the title.

Range:

$0 to $200 thousand. Values are in thousands of dollars.

Region

Demand

Blue pointer:

represents yesterday's maximum demand for the region. The value appears below the title.

White pointer:

represents the record demand for the region. For further demand statistics see the 'Demand' section under the 'Longer-term analysis'.

Range:

Queensland

between 5,000 MW and 9,000 MW

New South Wales

between 7,000 MW and 15,000 MW

Victoria

between 4,000 MW and 10,000 MW

South Australia

between 0 MW and 4,000 MW

Tasmania

between 0 MW and 2,000 MW

Price

Blue pointer:

represents yesterday's volume weighted average price for the region. For further price statistics see 'Spot prices' and 'Contract prices' under the 'Longer-term analysis’. The value appears below the title.

White pointer:

represents yesterday's maximum price for the region.

Range:

log scale from $1/MWh to $10,000/MWh.

Volatility

Blue pointer:

represents the region volatility using the price volatility index. For a longer term comparison see 'Volatility' under the 'Longer-term analysis' section of this web page. The value appears below the title.

Range:

0 to 4

Energy

Blue pointer: represents yesterday's energy consumption for the region. The value appears below the title.

White pointer: represents the record energy consumption for the region since market start.

Range:

Queensland

between 0 GWh and 200 GWh

New South Wales

between 0 GWh and 300 GWh

Victoria

between 0 GWh and 200 GWh

South Australia

between 0 GWh and 60 GWh

Tasmania

between 0 GWh and 40 GWh