Electricity demand creeps higher in Queensland, on the back of hot weather

Posted by Paul McArdle Monday, December 17 2012 Topic: Summer 2012-13 in the NEM

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I have to be out of the office for the rest of the afternoon so have made this post a little early, recording a higher demand day in Queensland with a snapshot from NEM-Watch:

A record of a higher demand day in QLD, driven by hotter weather

So far today the highest the demand reached (when measured on a Dispatch Target basis) was 8,388MW (at 15:30), which is still short of the 8,943MW maximum recorded shown in the software

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