News Article Highlighting Opportunity for Demand Response

Posted by Paul McArdle Friday, November 21 2008 Topic: 2008 - 31st October - High Prices and Low Reserves in NSW

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It was with interest that we stumbled on this article in the Herald newspaper talking about what happened on the 31st October in NSW:

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/drain-on-hunter-power/1356680.aspx

We took particular note in the reference made to OneSteel’s curtailment of load at the times of peak price, and that they have utilised this approach as a means for securing (significantly) lower average cost of electricity over a year.

As you may be aware, we supply our deSide (www.deSide.info) software as a means for informing OneSteel of the timing of these curtailment opportunities.

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Paul McArdle
One of three founders of Global-Roam back in 2000, Paul has been CEO of the company since that time. As an author on WattClarity, Paul's focus has been to help make the electricity market more understandable.

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(d) In combination, a new NEM-wide peak demand target of 30,994MW was set on Monday 23rd January.

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