The heat from yesterday in Victoria made its way north across the Murray river border today, leading to (somewhat) higher demand in NSW – as seen in the following snapshot from NEM-Watch at 16:20 market time:
As noted in the snapshot, demand at 16:20 was 12,380MW (pushing into the yellow zone), and forecast to be higher tomorrow – though still a long way below the all-time maximum demand.
It would be, if it holds true to forecast, the highest so far this summer, though – higher than that seen in NSW on 21st January.
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.
In what seems (to me) to be an extraordinary measure, AEMO speaks directly to the operators of Wind and Solar assets in the NEM, asking them to update the AEMO on the high-temperature limitations of their plant. How did it come to this?…
Following the heatwave last week, a review of the symbiotic nature of the link between the gas and electricity markets in the gas-hungry state of South Australia
NSW experienced a record summer demand on Thursday 15th January, driven by high temperatures across the state. The extreme weather experienced in NSW followed the extreme weather that swept across South Australia and Victoria only two days beforehand.
Wednesday 27th November saw tight supply and demand balance, NSW Energy prices at the MPC for a string of intervals, actual LOR2 conditions, and activation of the RERT mechanism, but in the end no load shedding (LOR3 conditions) eventuated.
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