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:
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