This morning we’re greeted by loads of green in this NEMwatch snapshot at 07:50 (NEM time) on Tuesday 24th June 2025:
With this pre-prepared 5-week view from the ‘Trends Engine’ inside of ez2view, we can see the broader pattern (and also the specific details of the peak):
As noted on this chart:
1) a new record was set at 22:35 (NEM time) on Monday evening 23rd June 2025, with aggregate FinalMW reaching 9,491MW.
2) which beat the prior record set just under a month before (at 9,287MW for the 21:35 dispatch interval on 26th May 2025);
3) which itself exceeded the prior all-time record (8,431MW on Thursday 30th May 2024).
In the NEMwatch snapshot above, I’ve also highlighted two market notices (pertaining for forecast tight supply-demand balance, including possible LOR3 in South Australia) for to next Monday 30th June 2025:
Not so great on the 26th June. Coal to the rescue. How can we operate an electricity system that is so intermittent and volatile?
Great and yet the next day there was no wind.