Yes.  Generation price per megawatt hour has gone negative
occasionally.

http://www.wattclarity.com.au/articles/2019/10/casestudy-rossriversolarfarm=
/

I'd love to be paid to be a load, but the retail side hasn't caught
up, and my load is so small.  ;-)

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 10:15:56AM +1100, Stephen Forrest wrote:
> And then you have Western Australia (specifically s.w. WA) where solar
> installation exceeds fossil fuel generation:
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-01/rise-of-rooftop-solar-power-jeopar=
dising-wa-energy-grid/11731452
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-08/authorities-look-to-control-house-=
rooftop-solar-power-in-wa/11773436
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> Excess solar input with low demand means the spinning generator has
> insufficient load to maintain minimum output. As noted in one of the
> articles, they used to worry about excess demand. Now they worry about
> insufficient demand.
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> S.
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> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:46 AM Bob Blick <bobblick@outlook.com> wrote:
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> > I'll see your TGen and raise you one PG&E.
> >
> > :) Bob
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu <piclist-bounces@mit.edu> on behalf of
> > James Cameron
> > Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 3:38 AM
> > To: piclist@mit.edu
> > Subject: [OT] Alice Springs System Black 13th October
> >
> > In which a cloud passes in front of the sun while spinning reserve is
> > insufficient, and a gas powered generator is not enabled for automatic
> > control, leading to much excitement.
> >
> > http://newsroom.nt.gov.au/api/attachment/byId/11667
> >
> > Also starring an enthusiastic lithium battery facility that may have
> > delayed under frequency load shedding while operating at 110% of
> > rating before shutting down due to excess LV current.
> >
> > (It's late, I may have mistyped.)
> >
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