Whilst some of those in South-East Queensland felt the ground shake this morning – Tasmanians felt their own tremors (of a different kind) in the afternoon of Saturday 16th August 2025 … as captured in an ez2view ‘Notifications’ widget alert as shown here at 14:11 (NEM time):
So we take a quick look…
In the ENERGY market
This 292MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ to the 14:15 dispatch interval can be seen in this snapshot from NEMwatch for the 14:15 dispatch interval:
That’s enormous, in relation to the size of the Tasmanian regional ‘Market Demand’!
Don’t forget about FCAS!
Reflecting the admonition from Allan O’Neil back in February 2020 with relation to another system event, here’s three consecutive dispatch intervals of the ‘NEM Prices’ widget in ez2view (i.e. 14:10, 14:15 and 14:20) showing some wild gyrations in FCAS prices as a result of the loss of ~30% of the ‘Market Demand’ in the Tasmanian region.
