South Australia recorded a minimum price of -$403/MWh at 15:45.
The NEM average settled at $46.5/MWh, placing below the seven-day average of $73.6/MWh. South Australia averaged $1.9/MWh for the day, with 21.2 hours of negative prices, while Victoria recorded 21.0 negative-price hours and Tasmania 17.7 hours. New South Wales reached the demand peak of 7,976 MW at 18:50. Renewables supplied 49.0 per cent of energy, with an instantaneous peak of 72.1 per cent at 11:15, and batteries discharged 12,665 MWh.
AEMO issued multiple notices advising that prices were subject to review for trading intervals between 11:00 and 11:45 on 31 October, and between 04:15 and 04:40 on 1 November.
AEMO set a 17 November closing date for submissions on its East Coast Gas Life Support Changes consultation. Jemena Electricity Networks and Zinfra released their 2026 Modern Slavery Statement detailing supply chain risk management. Western Power won the Network Innovation Award at the inaugural Utility Awards for its Distributed Energy Resources Test Lab. SA Power Networks issued a reminder regarding bushfire plans and power outages.
Brent Crude increased 2.4 per cent to US$117.64 a barrel. Gold fell 3.3 per cent to US$3,899.0 an ounce. TTF Gas rose 5.4 per cent to EUR103.94/MWh.