{
  "query": {
    "country": "AU",
    "region": "SA1",
    "market": "spot",
    "days": 2
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "AUD",
    "unit": "per MWh",
    "value": 97.44,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 97.44,
    "typical_low": -11.99,
    "typical_high": 161.1,
    "min": -118.35,
    "max": 262
  },
  "sample_size": 576,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-10-21",
    "to": "2026-10-23"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "transaction",
  "as_of": "2026-10-23T12:12:30.039Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "au-aemo-power",
    "name": "AEMO: National Electricity Market regional spot prices (5-minute)",
    "publisher": "Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)",
    "licence": "AEMO general permission: anyone may use AEMO Material for any purpose with accurate and appropriate attribution of the material and AEMO as its author",
    "licence_url": "https://aemo.com.au/privacy-and-legal-notices/copyright-permissions",
    "attribution": "Source: Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), NEM regional reference prices. Used under AEMO's general copyright permission with attribution. Medians, ranges and counts are own calculations by ProofPrice from the five-minute prices.",
    "url": "https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/data-nem"
  },
  "method": "Median and 10th-90th percentile of the five-minute regional reference prices (Australian dollars per MWh) for South Australia (SA1) over the last 2 trading day(s), from AEMO's daily price files. Each five-minute interval counts as one record. Wholesale spot prices, not retail bills. Negative prices are kept. Times are NEM time (UTC+10).",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Wholesale spot electricity in South Australia (SA1): median 97.44 AUD/MWh (9.74 cents/kWh), typical five-minute prices between -11.99 and 161.1 AUD/MWh over the last 2 day(s). Not a household price. Based on 576 records from Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) (2026-10-21 to 2026-10-23). Confidence: high.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "cents_per_kwh": {
      "median": 9.74,
      "typical_low": -1.2,
      "typical_high": 16.11
    },
    "latest_interval": {
      "nem_time": "2026-10-23 04:00",
      "aud_per_mwh": 101.04
    },
    "cheapest_interval": {
      "nem_time": "2026-10-21 14:15",
      "aud_per_mwh": -118.35
    },
    "dearest_interval": {
      "nem_time": "2026-10-23 00:25",
      "aud_per_mwh": 262
    },
    "negative_price_intervals": 180,
    "nem_region": "SA1",
    "default_region_used": false,
    "basis": "AEMO regional reference price (RRP), five-minute spot market; household bills add network charges, environmental costs and retailer margin.",
    "note_region": "Prices differ by NEM region: choose region=NSW1, QLD1, SA1, TAS1 or VIC1. NSW1 is the default."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_734fb5627391c556fab4",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-23T12:12:30.039Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "transaction",
    "label": "Recorded sale prices",
    "meaning": "Prices recorded in official records of completed sales: they show what others paid, not what a particular item is worth or what is on offer now."
  },
  "reliability": "record_level",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-23",
  "data_age_days": 0,
  "suggestions": []
}