Yesterday, much of the media attention has been focused on the Q3 2020 release of AEMO’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics publication – which is an increasingly useful addition to helping to make the energy market/system more understandable.
However it should also be noted that the AEMO also released a short document titled ‘Operational management of low demand in South Australia ’ on Thursday 22nd October:
2) However I’m pretty sure that I am not alone in finding it increasingly painful trying to find particular documents buried in the AEMO website, so thought it would be useful more broadly to link it in above.
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
The 2024 Transition Plan for System Security ties together many of the threads identified in previous AEMO studies in developing this plan for managing system security in a low emission power system.
The prior record for ‘minimum demand’ in Victoria seems to have only lasted 8 short weeks, with the level nudged still lower on a sunny Sunday 1st November 2020 (coincident with a bit more freedom for Victorians after lockdown).
Our fourth article looking forward to this Friday afternoon (3rd February 2023) in the Queensland region, where successive AEMO STPASA forecast data is showing considerable variability about what peak demand might be for the QLD region (it *might*, if predictions turn into reality, smash the prior all-time record). Dan Lee looks into how the demand forecast has been evolving and what to watch for this Friday afternoon.
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