Victorian minimum demand drops lower on Sunday 18th December 2022

Posted by Paul McArdle Sunday, December 18 2022 Topic: Summer 2022-23 in the NEM

I was out-and-about today, but a string of SMS alerts kept me informed of the plunging level of demand – this snapshot I saved before the day was out, showing (at the time) a lowest point at 12:55 … however this was later superseded…

2022-12-18-SMS-VICdemand

Here’s a trended view of three different measures of ‘demand’ using this query in NEMreview v7:

2022-12-19-NEMreview-VICdemand

We can see in this query that:

1)  The five minute period to 13:00 saw ‘Market Demand’ reach a low point of 1,977MW (so 106MW below the low point set on Sunday 2nd October 2022).

2)  The thirty minute period to 13:00 saw ‘Operational Demand’ reach a low point of 2,195MW (so 90MW below the low point set on Sunday 2nd October 2022)

I assume that AEMO will be back shortly to confirm the low point for ‘Operational Demand’ officially…

 

PS1 on Monday 19th December

Today the AEMO has issued this confirmation on Twitter of the low point mentioned above:

2022-12-19-tweet-AEMO-VICdemand

 

It’s also here on LinkedIn.

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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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