Some articles about the way summer 2009-10 unfolds
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Paul McArdle Fri 13th January 2017
Queensland demand peaks even higher on Friday – and Reserve Plant Margin is tight
Queensland Scheduled Demand on Friday 13th January peaked even higher than on Thursday 12th January, and only 70MW below the all-time record
Paul McArdle Thu 28th December 2023
AEMO forecasts that tomorrow’s demand in QLD (i.e. Fri 29th Dec 2023) will be higher than today
Second short article on Thursday evening 28th December 2023, looking forward to Friday evening 29th December 2023.
Paul McArdle Fri 8th March 2013
A late burst to summer in the south drives demand higher
Some high temperatures in Victoria and South Australia drive demand higher and, because of transmission constraints, the IRPM in the Economic Island lower.
Paul McArdle Sat 25th July 2009
Should last summer’s peak NEM-Wide demand have surprised us so much?
We saw a massive new peak for NEM-Wide demand set on 29th January 2009, which surprised many (including us).
We return to that data and, by comparing with the previous 10 summers, see whether it should have been entirely unexpected.

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