Plain-language explanations of Australian electricity market concepts. Written for commercial energy buyers, sustainability teams and procurement leads.
How the NEM sets electricity spot prices every 5 minutes, what drives spikes and negative prices, and how commercial buyers can act on the data.
Location-based vs market-based accounting, time-matched certificates, DCCEEW emission factors, and what the ASRS Scope 2 disclosure requirement means in practice.
Seven analytical areas to work through before signing a Power Purchase Agreement: structure, strike price, generator risk, network costs, congestion, indexation and counterparty quality.
How AEMO's Settlement Residue Auction works, what IRSR spreads reveal about congestion on the five NEM interconnectors, and why this data matters for PPA buyers and renewable developers.