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.
Earlier today we trended the incidence of large Aggregate Raw Off-Target across all Semi-Scheduled units. In this updated tabulated list, we list each of the largest instances from January 2024 to June 2025.
The worst periods of frequency stability on Thursday 16th October 2025 were *not* with the simultaneous trip of YWPS3 and YWPS4, but rather later and the day – and look similar to patterns seen when VRE is difficult to forecast/dispatch. Stay tuned…
2 Commentson "Decay of mainland frequency at lunchtime on Friday 29th August 2025"
I feel sorry for all those who have to monitor frequency excursions and evaluate Unit response to prove compliance nowadays. Just about a full time job!
These sorts of excursions were so rare a few years ago, and now it’s just another week.
I feel sorry for all those who have to monitor frequency excursions and evaluate Unit response to prove compliance nowadays. Just about a full time job!