ZUGZWANG

Latest episodes

• Zugzwang: Episode 5 - Networks, power poles and the EV charging gap

  October 15, 2026 · 38 min

  Jack Simpson and Oliver Nunn are joined by Endgame Director Martin Chow and Russell Pendlebury, General Manager of Regulation and Policy at Energy Networks Australia, to dig into proposed rule changes that would let networks install…

• Zugzwang: Episode 4 - Benchmarking battery optimisers

  October 1, 2026 · 50 min

  Jack Simpson and Oliver Nunn are joined by Rakhesh Martyn, founder and CEO of Hachiko, to unpack how battery optimisers actually capture value.

• Zugzwang: Episode 3 - What is transmission really worth?

  September 17, 2026 · 42 min

  Jack Simpson, Oliver Nunn and Jabez Wilson discuss modelling philosophy and put it to work on one of the NEM's most contested assets: transmission.  Note: this episode has some audio quality issues in places. Thanks for bearing with us…

• Zugzwang: Episode 2 - Data centres and the future grid

  September 3, 2026 · 40 min

  Jack Simpson, Oliver Nunn and Endgame Consultant, Harry McArthur break down our latest modelling on where data centres should be located - and what it means for prices, gas, and the coal fleet along the way.

• Zugzwang: Episode 1 – Introduction to Market Modelling

  August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

  In the debut episode of the Zugzwang Podcast from Endgame Analytics, Oliver Nunn and Jack Simpson tackle the perception that market modelling is an impenetrable black box.

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