Victoria

  • Power and gas networks

    Australian Chart of the week | Elephant in the room: the veiled role of gas markets/supply?

    Queensland Liquified Natural Gas exports commenced in early 2015. Historically, prior to this, gas markets in eastern Australia have been relatively stable. Conventional gas fields supplied large industrial users, business/residential – mass market – load as well as gas-powered generators at relatively low prices. In this Chart of the week,...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Australian Chart of the week | Early coal closure signalled: a sign of things to come?

    The news from Alinta this week that one of Victoria’s largest coal plants - Loy Yang B - is unlikely to see out the full length of its licence should not be a major surprise to the market. The 1.1GW Loy Yang B station has a licence to run until...