With a Beefeater 5 Burner BBQ on the line, along with a host of other prizes, interested participants of our annual demand forecast competition (entries now closed š ) would have been keeping a keen eye on demand during the week.
Summer officially began on Tuesday and by 10am we got out first taste of it with the thermometer reaching 35Ā°C in Sydney and 30Ā°C in Brisbane. By Tuesday afternoon the temperate in Sydney had dropped slightly to 32Ā°C but that didn’t stop demand in New South Wales rising up to 11527 MW with prices hitting $365.07 at 3:45pm. Meanwhile, demand in Queensland also rose above 8000MW at that same time interval.
A screenshot from NEM-Watch at 3:45pm on the first day of summer 2015-16.
Dan is a Market Analyst, who joined Global-Roam in June 2013.
He departed (and returned) for a couple of brief stints overseas, before rejoining the team permanently in late 2019. Alongside his work at Global-Roam, he has undertaken short-term contract roles as an analyst and researcher in various areas of the energy sector. Dan graduated from the Master of Sustainable Energy program at the University of Queensland in 2024.
Here’s our regular, annual and popular call-to-calculators for all those who’ve drawn the short straw and have to work on through the Christmas -to- New Year this summer season. Turn the tables on those off enjoying some summer sun, or skiing way up north by getting your entry in – with a chance to be anointed “Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM” and celebrate with your own new BBQ (or some other new prizes).
Iāve snuck into the office on Saturday to start the process of piecing together some of of the different aspects of what happened yesterday to follow on from Friday eveningās short article (this will take quite a while to do…
A brief overview of a stressful afternoon/evening in the NEM, where a confluence of events (heatwave-driven high demand, low wind, coal unit trip, etc…) drive LOR2 low reserve condition notice in both VIC and SA, and gear AEMO up to call on Reserve Trader (yet again!)
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