Load Advisor
Prices across NSW, VIC, SA and QLD are currently sitting in the $93–$109/MWh range, with Tasmania elevated at $110/MWh. The deep opportunity today is overnight: predispatch shows negative prices beginning around 08:00 AEST and intensifying through the small hours, with NSW forecast to reach -$25/MWh, VIC down to -$25/MWh, SA touching -$25/MWh, and QLD hitting -$25/MWh around 10:00–14:30 AEST. The single best window NEM-wide will be roughly 10:30–14:30 AEST, where median predispatch prices across NSW, VIC, SA and QLD cluster between -$10/MWh and -$25/MWh — representing savings of $130–$160/MWh against current spot. Tasmania does not participate in the same low-price regime; prices there remain anchored near $88–$96/MWh throughout the overnight period, so load shifting delivers no meaningful benefit in that region today.
The strongest individual savings are in SA and VIC, where the midday predispatch window shows prices as low as -$25/MWh across multiple consecutive intervals from approximately 11:00 to 15:00 AEST. QLD shows a similar profile but with more volatility in the outer predispatch horizon — several intervals touch -$25/MWh near 10:00–11:00 AEST and again around 13:30–14:30 AEST. NSW tracks VIC and SA closely, with prices in the -$9 to -$24/MWh range across the same block. The price recovery is sharp: all five mainland regions will revert toward $20–$26/MWh by 17:00 AEST as evening demand lifts, so loads shifted into that window capture no benefit and face near-peak exposure.
The concrete recommendation: schedule all deferrable load — cold stores, EV charging, electrolytic processes, water heating, battery charging — to run between **09:30 and 15:00 AEST**. Within that block, the highest-confidence negative-price window is **11:00–14:30 AEST** across NSW, VIC and SA. QLD operators should target **10:00–11:00 AEST** and **13:30–14:30 AEST** given the slightly noisier QLD predispatch curve. Avoid dispatching flexible load between 07:00–09:00 AEST (morning ramp, $20–$26/MWh) and after 16:30 AEST (evening peak exposure). Tasmania participants should treat today as a flat-price day with no material load-shifting signal.