162 five-minute intervals, or 13.5 hours, settled below zero during the operating day.
Triggered value
162 5-minute intervals
Prior-window average
15 5-minute intervals
Post-event average
23 5-minute intervals
Trigger. Negative-price intervals reached 162 5-minute intervals against a 12 5-minute intervals reference.
Sustained negative prices expose the value of flexible load, storage and controllable generation while weakening unshifted merchant solar capture.
This is a deterministic measurement flag. It does not assign causality, estimate commercial exposure or claim the operating outcome was unsafe.
NSW1
56 5-minute intervals
QLD1
62 5-minute intervals
SA1
265 5-minute intervals
VIC1
175 5-minute intervals
SA1
168 5-minute intervals
TAS1
91 5-minute intervals