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SOURCES & METHODS

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Where the numbers come from, what we changed, and what they can tell you.

Dataset methodology

Choose a dataset for its detailed definitions and calculations.

Open the MLF directory

1. What “monthly price” means here

The electricity price series reproduces AVGRRP from AEMO’s official monthly average price CSVs. It is a published, time-weighted regional average in nominal AUD/MWh. The five series are NSW1, QLD1, VIC1, SA1 and TAS1. NSW1 includes the ACT; WA, NT and the former Snowy region are outside this dataset.

Coverage starts in July 2005. Only complete calendar months are displayed. Dates follow NEM market time, fixed AEST (UTC+10), rather than daylight-saving local time. AEMO’s monthly CSV date is the month-end date; we convert it to YYYY-MM. Source values are retained numerically and shown to two decimal places.

We do not independently reconstruct every monthly average or calculate a national aggregate. This is not a demand-weighted average, retail tariff, settlement invoice, generator capture price or PPA transaction index. Peak-hour price (PEAKRRP) is not used. Negative prices are retained without clipping.

2. Calculations and historical intervals

The chart’s first-to-last percentage is (last / first − 1) × 100, shown only when the first price is positive. Otherwise the page shows an absolute AUD/MWh change. A single month has no comparison. Month-to-month percentage comparisons follow the same rule.

NEM settlement moved from 30-minute to five-minute intervals on 1 October 2021. Our source is AEMO’s published monthly series across that change. Raw interval spot checks use the applicable interval length, fixed AEST and interval-ending timestamps: after the start of the month, through midnight at the start of the next month. Only TRADE rows are included; no forecast rows, interpolation or missing-interval replacement.

3. Updating and preserving verified data

This site publishes reviewed historical datasets. Data is updated through reviewed releases, not on each visit. Automatic source checks and alerts are not currently enabled.

Data coverage, recorded verification dates and publication dates describe the retained snapshot; they do not imply a new source check. Changes to published data require publishing a new verified snapshot.

4. MLF directory and technology labels

590 unique DUIDs are retained from all generation and bidirectional-unit tables in AEMO’s FY 2026–27 MLF report, version 3 (22 July 2026). Separate load TNI tables are excluded. A DUID identifies a dispatch unit or aggregate, not necessarily one physical site, and appearance in this report does not confirm current operation. NSW1 includes ACT.

FY 2025–26 values are the report’s comparison column, not a reconstruction of factors applied throughout that earlier year. The published revisions effective 1 July 2026 are used for Corowa and Wandoan South solar farms. Shared DUID station names are retained as aliases. Bidirectional import and export factors, and Basslink directional entries, remain separate.

Technology is a conservative editorial grouping using explicit report names and matched AEMO or operator asset lists; it is not a live registration classification. Each row links its classification evidence. Storage includes batteries, hybrid bidirectional units and identified pumped hydro. Auxiliary loads and interconnectors are separate; unconfirmed technologies, including some thermal and bioenergy facilities, remain Other / Unclassified. Fuel filters may therefore omit unconfirmed units of that technology.

Names, DUIDs, connection point IDs, TNI codes, voltage, report page and version are retained. Two annual values for the selected direction are shown as separate bars, with no implied interpolation. MLFs can be revised; check the applicable official data for settlement use. This fixed MLF snapshot is not changed by the price updater.

5. Quality checks and traceability

Every month must contain exactly one value for each of the five included regions. Missing months, duplicates, unexpected regions, invalid dates and non-numeric values block publication. Source CSVs and SHA-256 checksums are retained for audit. Checksums identify the retrieved bytes; they do not certify the underlying data’s accuracy.

Independent checks compare selected regional monthly averages with their full interval RRP files, including periods before and after the five-minute change. These are spot checks, not validation of every raw interval in the historical series. Errors remain possible; consult the linked official source when relying on a result.

6. Reuse, independence and privacy

Underlying data © Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). AEMO’s general copyright permission permits use of AEMO-created public material with accurate attribution; confidential material and copyright owned by others are excluded. Source-specific restrictions still take priority. We reviewed the dashboard notice and selected report notices for these datasets; this is a source review, not legal certification.

Downloads are free and do not require registration. We add no blanket “non-commercial only” restriction to AEMO material and make no promise beyond the source permissions. Future commercial services would need to respect those permissions.

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Electricity downloads and loss factors

Definitions & source provenance

Each verified five-minute TRADE interval has equal weight. Negative prices are strictly below zero; high prices are strictly above the selected threshold. Duration = interval count × 5 ÷ 60 hours. Quantiles use linear interpolation at (n − 1) × p, equivalent to Excel PERCENTILE.INC. Prices are nominal AUD/MWh.

Intervals are ending timestamps in fixed AEST (UTC+10). Summaries use the same complete-month CSVs as the downloads below. Original file methodology · Summary data and input hashes

Underlying data © AEMO; calculations by AusEnergyData.

Sources and download methodology

Methodology README · Full provenance and checksums (JSON)

    Source: AEMO historical regional reference prices.

    Sources, method and limitations

    DLF is different from MLF

    DLF relates distribution connection points to their transmission connection point or virtual transmission node. MLF relates transmission connection points to the regional reference node. Both are dimensionless factors; they are not interchangeable measured loss percentages.

    Choose the applicable network, code and financial year. An NMI can identify a site-specific record; network and tariff records may have no NMI. Codes can repeat across different records, so the directory preserves each workbook row separately.

    Record-type groups follow source tables: embedded-generation tables 5, 11, 14, 20 and 26; network/tariff tables 1, 3, 9, 13, 17, 18, 22, 24 and 27; other data tables are site-specific/individual. Original table names and network labels remain in details and downloads. These are table groups, not fuel classifications.

    The import reads only the “DLF to apply” column for each workbook’s own year. Seven FY 2026–27 Jemena cells contain formulas linked to an external workbook; their published cached results are retained, with formula provenance in CSV. No external inputs are recalculated. Text such as KCS is not resolved into a numeric factor. Non-data sheet annotations are retained in the dataset JSON.

    FY 2026–27 workbook version control says version 1 dated 1 April 2026; AEMO’s source listing says 31 March 2026. These separate dates are retained. The FY 2025–26 workbook has no version-control sheet. Checksums identify the supplied copies; they do not certify that the files are the latest revision or that every source cell is correct.

    FY 2025–26 CSV · FY 2026–27 CSV · Official workbooks & source register. Underlying data © AEMO; source permissions apply.