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.
On Tuesday evening (7th June 2022) the NEM exceeded 32,000MW for a brief period of time ... we have a quick look at how this stacks up against prior winter period peak demand events.
An updated longer-range trend of monthly aggregate wind statistics (MAX, AVE and MIN per month) to 31st May 2022 ... incorporating the new all-time record.
Let's start with this broader analysis of this 2022 Energy Crisis by looking at the long-term series of monthly average spot prices across all regions...
With respect to yesterday’s ‘Notification of Potential Gas Supply Shortfall Event’ and this evening’s tight supply-demand balance in the NEM, worth noting this AEMO tweet at 17:50 this evening: … which links to this...
A question on Twitter from Benny Beatts (about dispatch of Origin's Eraring unit 2 on Monday 30th May) illustrates why price setting is not as simple as adding up bids that are dispatched.