Yesterday we saw a prelude to today’s bigger event – when we wrote how ‘‘Market Demand’ in NSW briefly drops to 3,650MW on Saturday 31st August 2024 – a new all-time low point’.
Today (Sunday 1st September 2024) we see that low point for ‘Market Demand’ falling lower still, in a growing series of SMS alerts that began in the 11:15 dispatch interval as shown here:
At this time, the lowest is at 11:35 (down at 3,585.51MW) – which is captured here in this snapshot from NEMwatch:
But it’s likely to fall further still, as it’s still not past midday.
PS1 – on Sunday afternoon
It’s still relatively early afternoon on Sunday, but demand is climbing again – hence we may be past the lowest point on the day.
Scanning briefly, it looks like the lowest point for ‘Market Demand’ was down at 3423.76MW at the 12:35 dispatch interval … which means a drop of 226MW from what had been the prior lowest point of 3,664MW for the 11:45 dispatch interval on Sunday 29th October 2023 (until yesterday, that is).
That’s a 6% drop in just over 10 months … due, in large part, but the multiplying juggernaut of rooftop PV.
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