Thoughts on a “Diabolical Problem”
A few quick notes about the recent moves in the USA towards a national emissions trading system, and implications for Australia - following a presentation by a US...
A few quick notes about the recent moves in the USA towards a national emissions trading system, and implications for Australia - following a presentation by a US...
A quick overview of how the daily peak NEM-wide demand trended over winter 2009, in relation to our forecasting competition.
Some preliminary analysis of what happened on Thursday 11th June 2009 - when the NEM experienced its highest NEM-wide demand this winter.
Some initial, scattered, thoughts (late on the day of its launch) about the AEMO's first production of the Electricity Statement of Opportunities for 2009
A snapshot towards the end of a remarkable day in August 2009 when temperatures soared in South-East Queensland (yes, that's in winter).
Summer 2008-09 is now well behind us, and there are a number of official reviews underway that will report back at some stage. Even so, we’ve been continuing...
We saw a massive new peak for NEM-Wide demand set on 29th January 2009, which surprised many (including us). We return to that data and, by comparing with...
Out of curiosity, we have performed some analysis of the extent to which the GFC has had an impact on the level of consumption of electricity across the...
Given that the 2008-09 financial year has just ended, I thought it would be an appropriate time to look into what impact the GFC has had on electricity...
This weekend, we have prepared this analysis of the entries we received for our “Peak Demand Forecaster” competition for winter 2009. In conjunction with this analysis, we thought...
A couple of weeks ago, we opened for entries in our “Best Demand Forecaster” competition – run for the first time during winter. Entries closed on Monday 29th...
We reported previously that a price cap was invoked in Tasmania on Tuesday 16th June because the Cumulative Price Threshold was reached. In official terminology, this was an...
For only the third occasion in the 10 1/2 years that the NEM has been operational, the Cumulative Price Threshold (CPT) has been reached. Yesterday evening, the CPT...
The "Who's the Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM?" challenge for winter 2009. Tell us the peak demand for this winter by 9AM Monday 29th June, and win...
For those who weren't aware, Winter 2009 has seen us offer our "Who's the Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM" challenge - as a chance for the market...
We noted yesterday (Wednesday 10th June) that NEM-wide demand climbed past 32,000MW for the first time this winter. The following evening saw demand climb to similar levels (a...
Miscellaneous articles on activity in the NEM during winter 2009.
On Wednesday 10th June 2009, temperatures plunged across the NEM for the first time this winter, providing a long-awaited dump of snow to start the season, and driving...
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM - investigating the trends and significant events in the National Electricity Market during November.
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM - in which we examine the trends in price and demand across the NEM for the month...