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.
Last Friday afternoon 13th December 2024 we wrote that ‘NEM-wide demand on Monday 16th December forecast to be highest in almost 4 years’. So I thought this morning we’d use a couple widgets in...
As at 13:45 on Friday 13th December, the peak demand (measured as ‘Market Demand’ ) forecast for Monday is 33,718MW in the half-hour ending 18:00 (NEM time). In the last 17 years there have...
At 13:06 NEM time the AEMO published MN121831 and 121833 noting the cancellation of the forecast LOR3 that was in place for both Monday 16th December 2024 and Tuesday 17th December 2024.
Earlier this morning, we posted about deeper LOR3 forecast for Mon 16th and Tue 17th Dec 2024 ... and promised to take a look at ‘what’s changed?’. That's what we do here.
We noted as it happened (e.g. hard to ignore a steady run of SMS alerts) , but only belatedly publish this record of evening volatility on Thursday evening 12th December 2024.
We'll explore 'what's changed?' more in subsequent articles - but in this article just want to flag the Market Notice updates around 05:00 (NEM time) this morning with forecast load shedding for Monday and...
Topical, given forecast load shedding for NSW on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th December, is the latest high temperature alerts for large parts of the NEM on 14th, 15th and 16th December 2024.
Third article already this morning looking ahead to what’s forecast for Monday 16th December 2024 ... longer duration (and deeper) LOR3 (load shedding) in NSW + also LOR2 in Victoria.
With AEMO forecasting LOR3 (i.e. load shedding) in NSW for periods of time on Monday 16th December 2024, in this WattClarity article we take a first look. More to come *as time permits* (and...
"Surely not again so soon!?" ... was my first response at reading MN121734 published at 00:42 (NEM time) on Thursday 12th December 2024, forecasting LOR3 (a.k.a. load shedding) in NSW for Monday 16th December...
Because it was the focus of discussion and deliberation recently in the QUD19/2021 QLD Class Action, here's a view of bidding of all suppliers in QLD on 18th February 2016.
On Wednesday 4th December 2024 we saw that Aaron Kelly of the ABC had written ‘Class action against Queensland's government-owned electricity generators dismissed’. Today we get a chance to take a first look.
No sooner had we hit on the article ‘‘Market Demand’ in Victoria ramps by 903MW in 10 minutes, on Monday 9th December 2024’ than we see an even larger, and faster, ramp down in...
In Victoria on Monday afternoon 9th December 2024 we see 'Market Demand' has ramped up by 1,802MW in 25 minutes (including a ramp of 903MW in 10 minutes). Yikes!
Eraring unit 2 came offline prior to 21:46 NEM time on Sunday evening 8th December 2024 as captured in this alert triggered by the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view at the time. Here we take...
A quick snapshot of some volatility in Contingency Raise FCAS Prices in QLD spanning Wednesday 9th October 2024, Thursday 10th October 2024, Friday 11th October 2024.
Recording a snapshot from NEMwatch at the 18:00 dispatch interval on Sunday 8th December 2024 to record the start of a run of volatility in QLD (and in NSW).
One of the things I noticed on social media over the past week or so (emanating out of the current Senate Committee on Energy Planning and Regulation in Australia) was the the enhanced visibility...