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Commercial and market outlook
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Announcement
Latest FCAS price curves Q1 2024
Cornwall Insight Australia released the latest Frequency Control Ancillary Service (FCAS) price curves for Q1 2024. The new Very Fast FCAS markets have 3 more months in the books, and as they settle into a reasonably stable quarter, clearer trends have emerged. This release, we re-calibrate our FCAS market curve...
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Commercial and market outlook
Latest Australia Benchmark Power Curve insight for Q1 2024
Cornwall Insight Australia has released our latest NEM Benchmark power curve (NEM BPC) for Q1 2024 to our subscribers. Our latest data from our recent Australian NEM Benchmark Power Curve shows that policy settings and decarbonisation ambition is likely to lead to a temporary, but significant, increase in wholesale energy...
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Commercial and market outlook
What to look out for in 2024
Cornwall Insight experts provide their predictions for the year ahead in this handy infographic. We have collated some predictions from across our knowledge base to provide a quick snapshot of what to look out for in the GB energy market in 2024. The key highlights include the global discussion on...
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Announcement
What are Australia’s emissions reduction targets?
From Cornwall Insight Australia's Energy Market Alerts service Energy laws have now been amended to incorporate an emissions reduction objective alongside the other objectives. The list of targets that the market bodies will need to consider is listed in a separately published Targets Statement. The targets currently listed cover both...
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Announcement
Energy prices tumble in October
From Cornwall Insight Australia’s NEM Market Analysis report With over 700 GWh of rooftop PV added to the NEM since October last year, records were again set in NEM minimum demands along with a high instantaneous renewable penetration within the grid of 71.4%. Once again, the month’s main story was...
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Announcement
Emissions intensity drops for October 2023
From Cornwall Insight Australia’s NEM Market Analysis report This October saw a 12.6% reduction in total emissions (accounting for -1.18 Mt CO2-e reduction) as solar and wind generation has increased significantly. The reduction in emissions may continue with the arrival of Fly Creek and Rye Park wind farms expected soon...
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Announcement
2022/23 Australian energy insights report
Analytics on key current developments in the Australian energy industry Cornwall Insight Australia has released its latest compilation of Australian energy insights, charts, and analyses. The report includes the topics of energy storage and flexibility, generation (all technologies), power prices, low carbon generation, FCAS, policy and regulation, electric vehicles, and...
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Commercial and market outlook
Winter 2023-24 price cap forecasts fall further below 2022-23 EPG, but long-term prospects remain uncertain
The predictions for the Default Tariff Cap in this piece are out of date, please click here to find our latest forecasts and commentary on the cap. Our latest forecasts for the Default Tariff Cap (price cap) have shown energy bill predictions for a typical household1 have fallen to £3,208...
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Commercial and market outlook
Tales of the unexpected: what’s happening with gas prices
The gas sell-off for contracts relating to this winter/spring & coming summer has continued in the last few days. On January 16th alone, contracts closed down c15%-17% on gas contracts for this spring and through into summer. This is despite some analysts predicting that gapping-up would occur on the promise...
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Commercial and market outlook
Delays to onshore wind investment increase long-term power prices in Ireland
Note: Cornwall Insight Ireland release the 'All-Island Power Market Outlook 2023' on a quarterly basis. The increase in long-term power prices refers to the comparison with our Q3 Power Market Outlook released in October 2022. Data from our fourth - ‘All-Island Power Market Outlook to 2030’ – has forecast that...
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Commercial and market outlook
Australian Power Price Trends to 2041
This report provides captured power price trends for the Queensland energy market (neutral case in line with AEMO's ISP Progressive Change scenario) from 2022 up to 2041 using outputs from Cornwall Insight Australia’s latest NEM Benchmark Power Curve (BPC), published on 26 October 2022. We hope this information is of...
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Commercial and market outlook
October Energy Executive Summary updates on Vic SEC proposal and Qld Job and Energy Plan
Cornwall Insight Australia's ‘Energy executive summary’ provides a high-level assessment of key energy market announcements from the last month. Our experts break down each development that you and your business should be aware of so you can respond to changes in the perpetually evolving energy sector. Each summary provides you...
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Commercial and market outlook
Energy Market Alerts provide latest updates in a complex market
Cornwall Insight Australia summarises all the essential facts in our Energy Market Alerts, designed to keep you up to date with all the latest developments in the market. The energy market is changing so fast that our Alerts will ensure you have the facts to hand when you need them....
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Commercial and market outlook
An overview of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) consultation
Following the commitment set out in its Energy Security Strategy, the government has published a consultation on the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA). This aims to ensure that the electricity market design is fit for the purpose of maintaining energy security and affordability for consumers as the electricity sector...
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Commercial and market outlook
Capacity, reform, and unlawful strategies: 5 things that happened yesterday
Capacity, reform, and unlawful strategies: yesterday was a busy day for energy geekery. The developments encapsulate the shorter and longer term challenges and uncertainties present in the energy market presently: Read the full article here
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Commercial and market outlook
Two thirds of energy industry professionals think the market needs to be drastically reformed
A survey conducted of over one hundred leading energy market professionals from across the investment and advisory community, by Cornwall Insight, from the attendees of its Financing Net Zero forum, has shown nearly two thirds (63%) of people working in the energy industry1 believe the UK market needs to be...
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Commercial and market outlook
Reaction to BEIS consultation on the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements
Confirming the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) opens the prospect of a complete overhaul of the electricity market in Great Britain for the first time in over 20 years. The scope is very wide and the perceived need for reform clear from BEIS in the consultation document, with much...
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Announcement
2021/22 Australian energy insights report
Analytics on key current developments in the Australian energy industry are available Cornwall Insight Australia has released a compilation of Australian energy insights, charts, and analyses. The report includes the topics of energy storage and flexibility, generation (all technologies), power prices, low carbon generation, FCAS, policy and regulation, and transmission...
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Commercial and market outlook
ACER publishes Final Assessment of EU Electricity Market Design
Following the publication of its Preliminary Assessment in November 2021, on 29 April the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) published its Final Assessment of the EU Wholesale Electricity Market Design. The report provides an in-depth analysis of energy prices and drivers, current wholesale electricity market design,...
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Announcement
The Energy Security Bill explained – from the Queen’s Speech
On Wednesday 11 May, the Queen's Speech was delivered which announced that an Energy Security Bill will be introduced at some point over the next parliamentary session. What is the Energy Security Bill and what does the Government state the benefits will be? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLfmkM0mAqc What are the main elements of...
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Commercial and market outlook
Cornwall Insight responds to the announcement of an Energy Bill in the Queen’s Speech
The Queen’s Speech this week included a much-anticipated announcement that an Energy Bill will be introduced at some point over the next parliamentary session. The Bill is a logical conclusion of policy development in the period since the net zero commitment was made in the summer of 2019. It accommodates...
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Commercial and market outlook
Ofgem outlines thinking on protecting credit balances and RO payments
This article is an extract from our Energy Spectrum publication issued on Monday 25 April. If you are interested in receiving critical policy, regulatory, market and transactional developments across the energy sector, and would like a free full sample of Energy Spectrum, please request a copy here. You only need...
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Commercial and market outlook
Cornwall Insight responds to the publication of the energy strategy
The Energy Security Strategy is a very political document that raises as many questions as it answers. There are clear favourites and as much can be read in to what is in the Strategy as what is not. 15 months on from the Powering Our Net Zero Future White Paper,...
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Commercial and market outlook
Perspective | Is the design of the electricity market costing consumers money?
This article is from our Energy Spectrum publication which was published on 4 March 2022. It has become increasingly clear the existing market design is unfit for either a future net zero world or a period of fossil fuel price crisis, but what market design might be best for our...
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Commercial and market outlook
Pragmatism, partnership, and people
In this piece, we take stock on where we now stand after a tumultuous period for the energy markets since Autumn 2021. But beginning, we want to give voice to the sadness our team feels at the terrible human impact arising out the conflict in Ukraine. This clearly is of...
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Commercial and market outlook
Russian gas dependency and impacts on net zero
Tensions along the Russia-Ukraine border have been escalating since November last year when satellite imagery showed a fresh build-up of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border. Fast forward to the 24 February 2022, Ukraine and Russia are now at war following a Russian invasion. In response to these actions from...
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Commercial and market outlook
EU Commission publishes climate change mitigation taxonomy
An excerpt from our European Weekly Bulletin, part of our Energy Spectrum Europe package. On Wednesday 2 February, the EU Commission presented its Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act on climate change mitigation and adaptation covering certain gas and nuclear activities. The commission states that it aims to prevent greenwashing and...
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Commercial and market outlook
2021’s most exciting ‘Charts of the week’
Some of our team have looked back throughout 2021 and picked their most exciting 'Chart of the week'. Read about their choices and click through to read the full 'Chart of the week'. To do so, you need a free Cornwall Insight account which is easy to create here. Green...
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Commercial and market outlook
Price cap set for 46% rise for Summer 2022, Winter 2022-23 cap may exceed £2,000
Due to market volatility, world events and Ofgem's new methodology, our price cap prediction has changed. Please see the latest predictions via our blogs page here Updated price cap figures here Following further highs in wholesale prices and the costs associated with the raft of supplier failures seen in the...
