Some articles about the way summer 2009-10 unfolds
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Paul McArdle Tue 21st November 2006
21st November 2006 – demand spike in NSW
There was a temperature-driven spike in demand in NSW on Tuesday 21st November 2006.
These sweltering temperatures combined with bushfires to cause localised blackouts in the Sydney city area, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald in the article “Power jitters as heat bites”.
Paul McArdle Thu 10th March 2011
Analysis of demand over summer 2010-11
Some analysis of how NEM-wide demand trended through summer 2010-11, and what this meant on a regional level.
Paul McArdle Tue 16th January 2007
11th January 2007 – first spike in demand above 30,000MW
There was a temperature-driven spike in demand across the NEM later in the week beginning Sunday 7th January – culminating in the summer’s first demand peak above 30,000MW (on Thursday 11th January).
On this occasion, the spot price spiked above $1000/MWh in Queensland, NSW, Snowy and Victoria,
Paul McArdle Mon 9th January 2006
3rd January 2006 – Outages force QLD price to VOLL
The week started with commotion in Queensland, when the VOLL price ceiling was reached.
Further analysis revealed that this was due to transmission system events and the trip of several generation units within Queensland.

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