QLD sees new all-time record for ‘Market Demand’, from 15:45 on Monday 22nd January 2024

Posted by Paul McArdleMonday 22nd January 2024  4:04 PM   Topic: 2024-01-22 QLD (massively higher!) all time max demand

Merely 5 minutes after posting this update (re 10,052MW) and this particular alert has triggered:

2024-01-22-SMS-DemandAlerts-QLD

This shows that, from the 15:45 dispatch interval we’ve started experiencing a new all-time record for ‘Market Demand’ in QLD.

Here’s a subsequent snapshot at 16:00 from NEMwatch with the ‘Market Demand’ in QLD up at 10,459MW:

2024-01-22-at-16-00-NEMwatch-QLD-10459MW

Already this demand is 298MW beyond last Friday’s new (but short-lived) point for highest-ever demand in Queensland … and it’s growing fast!

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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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