A model’s just a model – it’s not reality (though some models might be useful)

Posted by Paul McArdle Saturday, July 23 2016 Topic: A collection of some core analytical challenges

I’ve noted this a number of times in the past (such as in this post about the the RET Review process back in 2014) and, given the current discussions underway in the NEM, feel that I’ll be referring to it a number of times in future.

Hence putting this short post up here to provide easy linking of these instances.

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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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