Victoria's brown coal-fired power plants are some of the worst performing stations in the National Electricity Market. With hot and dry conditions forecast for the rest of this summer, this paper argues that Victoria is at risk of further breakdowns of aging coal generators, insufficient supply and blackouts.

The Australian Energy Market Commission has published this final report from its South Australian black system event review. The report identifies systemic issues with existing National Electricity Rules (NER) frameworks for system security and recommends implementing a new operational mechanism for AEMO to enhance power system resilience to indistinct events under abnormal conditions.

The purpose of this report is to provide governments and consumers with an understanding of the cost components of the electricity supply chain that contribute to the overall price paid by residential consumers, and the expected trends in each of the cost components and overall prices over the period from 2018-19 to 2021-22.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has prepared this document to provide information about its preparations for summer 2019-20. These preparations are designed to minimise the risk of customer supply disruption in the National Electricity Market during the periods of highest demand for electricity from the grid. This report is based on information available at...

This report is the November 2019 issue of the NEEA Electricity Update, with data updated to the end of October 2019. The report presents data on electricity demand, electricity supply, and electricity generation emissions in the National Electricity Market (NEM), plus electricity demand in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).