The Generator Statistical Digest 2022 (GSD2022) is released
It’s Tuesday, January 31, 2023, and we* are pleased to release the GSD2022… after a focused effort since late 2022.
* As with previous editions, this was a joint effort:
(a) across a combined team (across Greenview Strategic Consulting and also some of us here at Global-Roam Pty Ltd),
(b) and with some highly valued assistance from others as well.
(A) What is the GSD2022?
The GSD2022 is an update of the issues that came before (the GSD2021, GSD2020 and GSD2019 … all of which followed as an update of, and expansion of, the statistical component that formed ‘Part 3’ of our many widely read Generator Report Card 2018 (GRC2018).
The evolution is illustrated here:
As the number of units participating in the NEM continues to grow (with the exchange of larger thermal units for multiple smaller units), the GSD2022 now comes in at a whopping 856 pages in a single electronic PDF (so that the printed and bound copy we now provided in two volumes).
For each (and each!) of the DUIDs that operated in the ‘ENERGY’ market through part of CAL 2022 (ie for which AEMO published some non-zero InitialMW data) we have included two pages:
‘A’ Page
… ten years 2013 to 2022 ‘B’ page
… additional details for calendar year 2022 This page was closely based on the ‘page per DUID’ provided in Part 3 of the GRC2018 (with improvements in a number of ways, based on customer feedback).
It is designed to provide monthly statistics covering the most recent 10 years of NEM operations.
The image below shows the A Page for Darling Downs CCGT (DDPS1).
Click to open the image to see more details about the ‘A’ page.
The ‘B’ page design was introduced with the GSD2019 to give a specific focus on the most recent year – and has been updated since then (based on customer feedback and NEM evolution).
It is designed to provide a detailed overview of a range of additional statistics – particularly focused on 12 months of the most recent year.
The image below shows the B page for BRAEMAR2… one of the units at Braemar A (or Braemar 1) Power Station.
Click to open the image to see more details about the ‘B’ page.
The advantage of this format is that it allows data to be reported on the same basis for all DUIDs!
(B) How can you access the GSD2022?
The table below outlines how to order and access the GSD2022 PDF and the optional GSD2022 Data Extract.
Order Access GSD2022
There are two options for you:
Option 1) You can order the GSD2022 (PDF and hard copy), or
Option 2) You can order the GSD2022 (PDF and hard copy) plus the Data Extract.
Please nominate your chosen option when you return this order form to us:
Order form GSD2022
After we receive your order, we will:
Set up electronic access; Organize the delivery of your bound hard copy; and Process your payment and provide a tax invoice.
Customers who have already ordered can access the electronic PDF of the document at the link below.
Download the GSD2022 (PDF)
To use our download site, you will need to login or register an account with your organization’s email address. Please keep in mind that:
the document is a large (~75Mb, for 856 pages) PDF so keep that in mind if on a low speed link this process works in Chrome, Edge and Safari, but not currently in Internet Explorer.
One bound hard copy is also included with your purchase and we will start arranging delivery shortly after we receive your order.
GSD2022
Data extract
Customers who have already ordered the optional data extract can access the files at the link below.
Download the GSD2022 data extract
Follow the steps above to login to our website. You will then have access to a zipped folder of the separate TSV files covering the majority of the data published in the GSD2022, plus an XLSX file we have included for those who wish to use Excel.
As per the order form, this data extract is for internal use within your organisation.
We look forward to hearing from you!
(C) Various analysts offer some initial insights, from the GSD2022
In conjunction with the launch of the GSD2022, we asked several different analysts to independently dig into the details of data published in the GSD2022 and share some of the things that jumped out at them in the following articles:
Analyst Brief description of what they covered
Allan O’Neil
Allan O’Neil is one of our most frequent guest writers on WattClarity.
On Tuesday 31 January 2023, Allan used the GSD2022, along with other sources, to write ‘Farewell Liddell’, which is a timely article given the fast approaching closure of the 3 remaining units at Liddell Power Station.
Paul McArdle
Even before the release, we published some articles referring to early concepts of the GSD2022:
1) On 28 December 2022 I published ‘Media buzz over compensation for Gladstone power station under the coal price cap’… while we were revising a draft at the time.
2) Then on Friday 20 January 2023 I published ‘Using the (draft of) GSD2022 to investigate those solar farms experiencing significant curtailment’ to follow up on a report of analysis done by a bunch of analysts from ANU .
Now that the GSD2022 has been released, more articles will surely follow….
When we publish it, we’ll try to remember to link it here (and will also mark it as GSD2022).
Dan Lee
In recent times, Dan Lee has been contributing an increasing number of articles to us at WattClarity.
When Dan writes articles that refer to the GSD2022, we will add them here.
Jonathan Dyson
Jonathon Dyson is Principal Analyst at Greenview Strategic Consulting (co-author of this GSD2022).
When Jonathon has published articles that refer to the GSD2022, we will reference them here.
Nick Bartels
Nick Bartels is an analyst at Greenview Strategic Consulting (co-author of this GSD2022).
When Nick has published articles that refer to the GSD2022, we will reference them in here.
Other More coming later… Other More coming later….
(D) Place your order today for the GSD2022
Don’t forget to nominate whether you want Option 1 (PDF) or Option 2 (PDF and Data Extract) when you return the GSD2022 Order Form to us:
We look forward to hearing from you!
