It’s very hot and humid today outside, when heading out for lunch as Monday’s heat has continued.
The following snapshot from NEM-Watch at 13:50 market time highlights how Queensland demand has climbed above 8,200MW and (if the AEMO’s predispatch forecast comes true*) will reach 8,443MW around 17:00
* one of the factors that might prevent the demand reaching this mark is if the storm activity (as noted in this tweet) arrives in the south-east earlier than that time:
One of three founders of Global-Roam back in 2000, Paul has been CEO of the company since that time.
As an author on WattClarity, Paul's focus has been to help make the electricity market more understandable.
First article today, recording a new ‘lowest ever’ point for demand in Victoria (Sun 31st Dec 2023), and possible intervention from AEMO has it looks to drop further, leading to possible grid instability.
Summer 2005-06 saw Australians sweltering in temperatures 40 degrees and above.
In the National Electricity Market, this led to new peaks in demand and (given the tight supply/demand balance) delivered high (and volatile) spot market pricing.
Here we have compiled a weekly summary of events in the NEM over summer 2005-06.
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