Market analysis, product updates, and energy intelligence from the gridIQ team.
Weekly Australian energy market intelligence from Watt, gridIQ's AI analyst. NEM and WEM price trends, renewable records, grid events, and the week ahead.
Browse archive →Fourteen fresh NEM market analyses every morning at 06:30 AEST. NEM overview, regional outlooks, interconnector watch, carbon forecast, and load-shifting guidance.
Browse archive →Six curated topic hubs covering negative prices, Scope 2 reporting, administered price caps, reserve events, PPAs and grid carbon intensity, pulling long-form guides, daily narratives and recent events into one place.
See all topics →Explore the regulatory, market and emissions data sources gridIQ ingests. AER RIN, DNSP network tariffs, AEMO dispatch, NGER emissions, Safeguard baselines and more.
Read more →Quarterly analysis of AEMO inter-regional settlement residue auction trends. Clearing prices, sell-through rates and congestion signals across all five NEM interconnectors.
Read more →NGER FY2024-25 emissions data from the Clean Energy Regulator: NEM and WEM headline figures, fuel-by-fuel intensity and the top ten facilities by intensity.
Read more →Walkthrough of the Clean Energy Regulator Quarterly Carbon Market Report: issuance, surrender, seasonal patterns and how to read ACCU and SMC supply.
Read more →How the Clean Energy Regulator sets Safeguard baselines for Australia’s ~215 covered facilities. Production-adjusted vs site-specific methodology and decline rates.
Read more →When a Safeguard facility is above baseline, it has three surrender options: ACCUs, SMCs or CCM units at the statutory ceiling. Decision framework with spot prices.
Read more →Location-based vs time-matched market-based Scope 2 for a typical Australian commercial load. Where the 15-40% accuracy delta comes from, in tonnes.
Read more →How to report Scope 2 electricity emissions under ASRS. Location-based vs market-based methods, DCCEEW emission factors and time-matched calculations.
Read more →Why wholesale electricity prices go negative in the Australian NEM and WEM, which regions are affected and what it means for buyers and renewable generators.
Read more →How wholesale electricity pricing works in the Australian NEM and WEM. Spot prices, dispatch intervals, price drivers and contract structures for commercial buyers.
Read more →Location-based vs market-based Scope 2 emissions: the difference, why it matters under ASRS and how to calculate time-matched emissions using grid carbon intensity.
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