As forecast on Friday, we’re seeing moderately high demand in SA and VIC on Saturday evening 9th March 2024.
Here’s a snapshot from NEMwatch at the 18:25 dispatch interval showing ‘Market Demand’ in both regions out of ‘the green zone’ – with SA at 2,726MW and VIC at 8,303MW:
There’s still a bit of wind around this evening in SA (and also in VIC), which is one reason that prices, whilst elevated somewhat, are not sky-high.
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