Queensland’s turn to sweat today, but NEM-wide demand plummets

Posted by Paul McArdle Wednesday, January 9 2013 Topic: Summer 2012-13 in the NEM

One image from NEM-Watch today to record a higher demand day in Queensland driven as the heat wave that afflicted NSW yesterday and the southern regions last Friday.

A higher demand day in Queensland in summer 2012-13

What’s most noticeable in this snapshot is how NEM-wide demand is amazingly low, for a summer week-day (because of the much milder conditions down south that are hopefully assisting with containment of the bushfires burning there).

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