NEM power price trends – Part II

In a follow-up to the latest release of Cornwall Insight Australia’s NEM Benchmark power curve (BPC) for Q2 2023 to our insight service subscribers, part II is now available of the BPC free excerpt, which you can access below.

Highlights

  • Discordant Delivery scenario – Our new high scenario which models a transition with disorganised coal closures and delays to major supply and transmission projects.

The BPC 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. 

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