So it was a bit of a coincidence to check back on on a few data points and see some frequency wobbles this afternoon (Thursday 30th October 2025) in the following trend:
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.
To provide some more colour about what’s been happening on Thursday 17th October 2024, here’s a snapshot of NEM Mainland frequency at 15:07 (NEM time) looking back only 15 minutes.
In this article we take a look at operations of Waratah BESS through August 2025 – including some large Dispatch Errors on several days:
(a) including Fri 29th Aug 2025, and how WTAH1 apparently helped to drive frequency the wrong way;
(b) and Tue 19th Aug 2025, where WTAH1 helped to restrain frequency.
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