AEMO forecasts point towards a possible record total demand in QLD this afternoon on 17th March 2023

Posted by Dan LeeFriday 17th March 2023  4:40 PM   Topic: Autumn 2023 in the NEM

As at 4:30pm this afternoon, hot and humid conditions are plaguing the sunshine state with the air temperature at Brisbane Airport currently 32° and humidity at 60%.

The image below has been taken from our Forecast Convergence widget in ez2view and shows the AEMO’s latest P5 total demand (a.k.a market demand) forecast run. We can see that the demand forecast in QLD for the 17:30 dispatch interval is currently 10,187MW.

 

Source: ez2view Forecast Convergence widget

 

The current total demand record for QLD is 10,119MW and was set roughly one year ago.

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Dan is a Market Analyst, who joined Global-Roam in June 2013. He departed (and returned) for a couple of brief stints overseas, before rejoining the team permanently in late 2019. Alongside his work at Global-Roam, he has undertaken short-term contract roles as an analyst and researcher in various areas of the energy sector. Dan graduated from the Master of Sustainable Energy program at the University of Queensland in 2024.

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