Whilst we’re talking about plans for the week ahead, here’s another snapshot from ‘Forecast Convergence’ widget in ez2view focused on two different metrics for NSW in the ST PASA time horizon:
The widget on the left shows successive forecasts for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW … noting that a Market Demand above 13,000MW only happened in summer 2023-24 to date on Thu 14th Dec 2023 (reaching 13,053MW by that measure), so would be notable if such levels were achieved.
The widget on the right shows stubborn forecasts for LOR1-level tight supply-demand balance.
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