FIELD NOTES
Short observations from the snapshot. Evidence first, with the limits left visible.
Wind and solar captured prices fell year on year, but wholesale prices fell almost by half. Why the capture ratio, not the headline price, is the number to track for PPAs.
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Published 2 October 2026 · NEM overall · AEMO QED figures
Queensland spent five times longer below zero than NSW in August 2026. What that means for retailers, Solar Sharer and storage. Regional data from October 2025 to September 2026.
Queensland’s published monthly average changed from $60.42/MWh in August 2026 to $57.10/MWh in September 2026: 5.5% lower. Data version: 1 October 2026.
These are two published monthly averages for Queensland. A monthly change does not explain its cause, predict the next month or measure a generator’s capture price.
Explore these pricesAEMO monthly average price CSVs, AVGRRP. Difference calculated by this project; source values are rounded to two decimals.
AEMO reports a marginal loss factor of 0.9704 for Coopers Gap Wind Farm (COOPGWF1), compared with 0.9691 in its FY 2025–26 comparison column.
The change is +0.0013 factor units. It is not a 0.0013 dollar price movement. Revenue analysis also needs generation, prices, contracts and the applicable settlement arrangements.
Find this generatorAEMO FY 2026–27 MLF report, v3, selected generation table. These annual factors may be revised.
Green Energy provides NEM quarterly renewable generation summaries, published wind and solar captured spot prices, and regional negative-price hour profiles. PPA transaction prices and forward forecasts are not available. Captured spot prices should never be relabelled as PPA prices.
