NEM IN GRAPHICAL REVIEW

2015-12-20

We report (graphically) some aspects of the National Electricity Market (NEM) for the period 2015-12-20 .

Note all times are in NEM-time, or Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Data is sourced from

• AEMO’s 5 minute dispatch data for scheduled generation units.
• AEMO’s half hourly aggregated price and demand data
• AEMO’s emission intensity data

DISPATCH

Dispatch coloured by fuel type for each region (inclduing the NEM) in terms of

• total megawatts output,
• as a percentage of total dispatch, and
• as a percentage of the total regulated capacity for the specified fuel type.

NEM

Dispatch by REGIONID - megawatts

	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	NEM
MW	7845.1	6547.2	1639.4	914	6073.1	23018.8
%	34.1	28.4	7.1	4	26.4	100.0

Dispatch by fuel type

	Black Coal	Brown Coal	Hydro	Natural Gas	Other	Solar	Wind
MW	11972.4	5520.1	1521.7	2305.0	9.3	46.1	1644.0
% Dispatch	52.0	24.0	6.6	10.0	-	0.2	7.1
% Fuel Capacity	61.4	70.5	17.9	20.7	0.7	29.6	49.0

NSW1

Dispatch by fuel type

	Black Coal	Brown Coal	Hydro	Natural Gas	Other	Solar	Wind
MW	6467.41	-	392.13	605.84	0.22	46.12	333.35
% Dispatch	82.44	-	5.00	7.72	-	0.59	4.25
% Fuel Capacity	63.16	-	15.59	30.17	0.16	29.61	52.38

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 50 MW.

QLD1

Dispatch by fuel type

	Black Coal	Brown Coal	Hydro	Natural Gas	Other	Solar	Wind
MW	5505.00	-	17.79	1015.27	9.12	-	-
% Dispatch	84.08	-	0.27	15.51	0.14	-	-
% Fuel Capacity	67.55	-	2.78	32.90	0.90	-	-

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 120 MW.

SA1

Dispatch by fuel type

	Black Coal	Brown Coal	Hydro	Natural Gas	Other	Solar	Wind
MW	-	480.73	-	490.10	-	-	668.60
% Dispatch	-	29.32	-	29.89	-	-	40.78
% Fuel Capacity	-	62.43	-	18.37	-	-	46.84

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 30 MW.

TAS1

Dispatch by fuel type

	Black Coal	Brown Coal	Hydro	Natural Gas	Other	Solar	Wind
MW	-	-	734.98	-2.87	-	-	181.93
% Dispatch	-	-	80.41	-0.31	-	-	19.90
% Fuel Capacity	-	-	32.59	-0.77	-	-	59.07

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 30 MW.

VIC1

Dispatch by fuel type

	Black Coal	Brown Coal	Hydro	Natural Gas	Other	Solar	Wind
MW	-	5039.42	376.83	196.67	-	-	460.16
% Dispatch	-	82.98	6.20	3.24	-	-	7.58
% Fuel Capacity	-	77.71	17.44	8.32	-	-	47.61

Generation stations shown only if they averaged more than 30 MW.

REGIONAL DEMAND

Demand by REGIONID - megawatts

	NSW	QLD	SA	TAS	VIC	NEM
MW	8479.8	6011.7	1361.9	1039.8	5535.8	22429
%	37.8	26.8	6.1	4.6	24.7	100

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

REGIONAL REFERENCE PRICES

Volume weighted pool prices ($ per MWhour) by region and by fuel types

Regional volume-weighted prices

REGION	VWP	Black Coal	Brown Coal	Natural Gas	Hydro	Wind	Solar	Other
NSW	58.38	57.83	-	58.37	61.98	58.63	60.93	-
QLD	55.72	55.33	-	56.79	57.38	-	-	54.72
SA	49.12	-	48.69	50.34	-	47.05	-	-
TAS	115.27	-	-	133.51	124.15	121.38	-	-
VIC	54.54	-	53.41	60.26	59.96	54.59	-	-

INTERREGIONAL EXCHANGE

Net interchange by state. NET exports are positive

NSW1

QLD1

SA1

TAS1

VIC1

VIC1 brown coal generators

TAS1 principal hydro generators

TAS1 wind generators