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Dylan McConnell
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Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Researcher at University of NSW (..but also I live in Melbourne)
.. reminiscent of this
November 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
💯 .. was coming here to say the same thing

There is even handy little paper on it (a couple of years old now, probably mostly still right)

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Impacts of LNG Export and Market Power on Australian Electricity Market Dynamics, 2016–2019 - Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports
Purpose of Review Supply-side shocks in concentrated energy markets provide opportunity for exercise of market power, especially in markets undergoing transition due to imperatives such as decarbonisa...
link.springer.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Ramsay Centre wants a word...
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
(... I may also be mis-understanding what you mean by non-curtailment policies for gas?)

Otherwise, gas is essentially economically curtailing most of the time!
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
That would be generation that is otherwise economically curtailed.

(and would also add that is declining as other alternatives are developed - e.g. synchronous condensers, and new interconnection capacity to other states etc)
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I am not sure I would call them non-curtailment policies per se - but the system strength related directions in SA kind of have that effect.

Basically, the market operator directs on some gas generators to maintain a small amount of synchronous generation in the state (depends, but circa 40-80MW).
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
(PS Waratah on an unplanned atm)
October 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM