NEM power price trends – Part I

Cornwall Insight Australia has released our latest NEM Benchmark power curve (BPC) for Q2 2023 to our insight service subscribers. We have released a free excerpt, which you can access below.

Highlights

  • Victorian offshore wind target
  • Queensland pumped hydro

Cornwall Insight Australia has changed the basis for our high case to reflect a discordant delivery of infrastructure and coal retirement. More information on this will be released in the second part of this excerpt next week.

This publication is based on comprehensive market and asset-level electricity modelling that delivers long-term power price forecasts, informed by industry-leading regulatory, market and policy expertise and supplemented with direct access to trusted practitioners. 

We hope this excerpt is of value-add to you and your business. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or want further information on subscribing to the BPC insight service.

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Commercial and market outlook
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