At midnight on October 1st 2021, the long-awaited 5-Minute Settlement (5MS) market rule change finally commenced. It was a significant change for the entire market but was rather consequential for us at Global-Roam, as it had rather large implications to…
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June 2021 Company Update: Coverage of Callide outage and progress continues with MMS 5.0 upgrades
The second quarter of 2021 was highlighted by a sudden and unexpected event at Callide Power Station in Queensland, where an indoor explosion subsequently led to unit trips, load shedding, price spikes, and other complications across the region. Internally meanwhile,…
April 2021 Company Update: GSD2020 released, as well as version 8 of ez2view
After much work from our team at the backend of 2020, the company’s progression during the first quarter of 2021 was underscored by two major releases that we were very pleased to deliver to our clients. This company update highlights…
Marcelle Gannon featured in ‘energy @ Melbourne Energy Institute’ newsletter
As Marcelle Gannon approaches her 1st anniversary of working with us, we find that she was featured in the ‘energy@melbourne’ newsletter from the Melbourne Energy Institute.
Recapping some of the highlights of 2020 for us … our 21st year of operations
As our 21st year of operations (i.e. the year 2020) draws to a close, what a year it has been … both internally and externally. In the quietness before activity picks up again next week, I thought it would be of value compiling this reflection on (some of) the highlights.
Helping to highlight new record lows for Scheduled Demand across the NEM
During the months of August and September, scheduled demand across the NEM reached new record lows in multiple regions. As Paul McArdle noted in his analysis on WattClarity, many underlying factors contributed to this trend – the most notable…
WattClarity featured in ESIG Down Under seminar
During the month of September 2020, Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) along with hosts AEMO, are running a series of online webinars titled “ESIG Down Under”, focusing on the dissolution of traditional interfaces in Australia. During the session on “Transformation…
The impact of COVID-19 on our business and overall electricity supply and demand
In what has been many weeks and may continue to be many months of uncertainty & disruption, we would like to provide an update on the impact of COVID-19 on our business and the industry as a whole. The…
WattClarity helps explore the effect of bushfires on the NEM
The severe and ongoing bushfires currently raging across Australia have grabbed attention nationally and internationally. Through WattClarity, we have sought to cover the implications of the bushfires on grid reliability and system security with events still unfolding as of mid-January.…
Adding insight as high temperatures begin to test the grid in Victoria
With soaring temperatures being expected right across the country today, our CEO Paul McArdle took to WattClarity and Twitter yesterday following the AEMO issuing a LOR2 warning for Victoria. Paul noted that Loy Yang A’s Unit 2 was still out…