Over the period of summer 2006-07, we prepared a number of articles about other occasions of note in the NEM (in addition to the blackout of 16th January 2007, which has been written about separately).
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Paul McArdle
Sunday, October 27 2013
Is solar PV providing more opportunity for spot price engineering?
Some initial analysis looking into the question of whether the increased penetration of solar PV is increasing the variability of scheduled demand to the point that generators can exert more pressure on spot prices.
Carol Hunter
Wednesday, February 14 2018
Third peak Scheduled Demand in Queensland in 3 days – 9,924 MW at 16:50 Wednesday 14th February
A new peak Scheduled Demand and Operational Demand in Queensland today with Scheduled Demand still over 9,100 MW after 8 PM.
Paul McArdle
Tuesday, January 20 2009
New record summer demand!
We watched with interest today as demand crept up in all mainland regions to the point where the NEM-Wide demand rose slightly above 33,000MW for the first time ever, during a summer period.
Carol Hunter
Friday, December 1 2017
Not quite summer and volatility returns to Victoria and South Australia
Some volatility with the hot weather on Wednesday 29th November – is this a precursor for summer?
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