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South Australia reached a high-price dispatch interval

The maximum five-minute regional reference price reached $12,922/MWh.

Observed: 28 June 2023
Triggered value: $12,922/MWh
Severity: notable
Market: SA1

Signal feed

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Operating context

Maximum five-minute price, around the event.

Triggered value

$12,922/MWh

Prior-window average

$760/MWh

Post-event average

$751/MWh

Cursor observation

28 June 2023

$12,922/MWh

The red marker is the detected event. The dashed line is the stated trigger or previous-record reference, not a modelled expectation.

Detection boundary

What the event says, and what it does not.

Trigger. Maximum five-minute price reached $12,922/MWh against a $5,000/MWh reference.

A short price spike can dominate daily storage and flexible-demand value even when the average price remains modest.

This is a deterministic measurement flag. It does not assign causality, estimate commercial exposure or claim the operating outcome was unsafe.

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Related precedents

The same signal elsewhere in the ledger.

8 July 2026
SA1
South Australia reached a high-price dispatch interval
$16,971/MWh
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8 July 2026
TAS1
Tasmania reached a high-price dispatch interval
$17,050/MWh
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8 July 2026
VIC1
Victoria reached a high-price dispatch interval
$19,070/MWh
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21 June 2023

NSW1

New South Wales reached a high-price dispatch interval

$14,800/MWh

Investigate

21 June 2023

QLD1

Queensland reached a high-price dispatch interval

$14,219/MWh

Investigate

19 June 2023

NSW1

New South Wales reached a high-price dispatch interval

$14,450/MWh

Investigate

Maximum five-minute price, around the event.

What the event says, and what it does not.

The same signal elsewhere in the ledger.