Winning a consolation prize, for Competition #5

On Tuesday we were pleased to announce the winner of our main prize, and on Thursday we gave away the first consolation prize.

We’ve five competitions to go – so you (if you entered) have plenty of chances still to win this portable barbeque:

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In Competition #5, we asked entrants to correctly forecast what the peak South Australian demand would be.

This morning I posted this analysis of how the South Australian demand was lacklustre – as was the case in neighbouring Victoria.

Wear a big smile today, Cameron Butler at the Energy Price Solutions, as you were an amazing 5MW off the correct number with your entry!

Recapping the winners

This means that our competition table stands as follows:

Competition #1
{The Main Prize}
Peak NEM-Wide Demand
for the “extended summer” period
Demand did not even rise above 30,000MW – which surprised us, and most of our entrants (as we discussed here).

The winner, as announced on Tuesday 7th April, was energy-sector lawyer, Connor James.

Competition #2 {Consolation} Peak Queensland Demand
for the same period
The winner is still to be declared…
Competition #3 {Consolation} Peak NSW Demand
for the same period
The winner is still to be declared…
Competition #4 {Consolation} Peak Victoria Demand
for the same period
In Victoria the peak demand was almost 2,000MW below the all-time record, and 1,600MW below the peak of the prior year – as discussed here.

The winner, as announced here yesterday was Elijah Pack from the AEMO.

Competition #5 {Consolation} Peak South Australia Demand
for the same period
The South Australian demand did not break 3,000MW – and, indeed, for only a small number of days was it above 2,000MW.

Not daunted by this challenge, the winner (as announced here today)  was Cameron Butler from Energy Price Solutions.

Competition #6 {Consolation} Peak Tasmania Demand
for the same period
The winner is still to be declared…
Competition #7{Consolation} Peak Aggregate NEM-Wide Wind Production
for the same period
The winner is still to be declared…

Stay tuned to learn of the other winners


About the Author

Paul McArdle
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients. Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.

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