NEM-wide IRPM drops below 15% on Wednesday 1st June 2022

A short post about Wednesday evening with this NEMwatch snapshot for the 17:50 dispatch interval to highlight what’s quite a rare occasion – with the Instantaneous Reserve Plant Margin NEM-wide dropping below the 15% yellow alert trigger level:

2022-06-01-at-17-50-NEMwatch-IRPM-14pc

As noted, this is particularly the case as ‘Market Demand’ in this instance is below 31,000MW (on a NEM-wide basis).


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Paul McArdle
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.

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