Articles by Paul McArdle

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.







Winter 2013 in the NEM

A collection of analysis, observations and commentary about what we see (and have time to comment on) in terms of winter 2013 in Australia’s National Electricity Market





Areas of deeper analysis

Posting commentary on WattClarity meets certain customer needs – but there are occasions where deeper analysis is warranted (and requested by our customers). Where we publish more comprehensive...



Retail Electricity Prices

Historically most of our posts have been based on observations about the wholesale market.  More recently we have also begun to have a look at retail prices, more...








… and so the winners are…

Recapping who's won the Beefmaster Premium BBQ (and 5 other prizes as well) as the "Best Demand Forecasters in the NEM" for summer 2012-13