Large drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria, on Sunday morning 11th October 2026
Sunday morning 11th October 2026 also saw a significant drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria.
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A series of articles tagged with (large and notable) ‘demand drop’ in a region … typically referring to the measure of ‘Market Demand’.
A 426MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria, on Friday morning 9th October 2026
Earlier this morning (Fri 9th Oct 2026) we documented a 512MW (or ~9%) drop in demand in QLD. A few hours later – at the 10:25 dispatch interval (NEM time) – we recorded a 426MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in VIC.
Other curious events occurred in QLD on Friday morning 9th October 2026 ( QLD Demand, and Millmerran 2)
We’ve already observed some ‘Elevated prices (in QLD and NSW) on Friday morning 9th October 2026 … and then SA a little later’. Later on in the morning we noticed several coincident (or possibly related?) events in QLD.
A 622MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW – early Wednesday afternoon 7th October 2026
My ez2view Mobile App alert triggered, to let me know that there’d been a significant drop in ‘Market Demand’ in the NSW region (down 622MW in the 12:40 dispatch interval Wednesday 7th October 2026).
Significant oscillations in ‘Market Demand’ during Tuesday afternoon 15th September 2026
We might return to this later (time permitting) but just wanted to capture these oscillations in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria on Tuesday afternoon 15th September 2026 – via this NEMwatch snapshot at 13:45 (NEM time).
Notable volatility in ‘Market Demand’ on Wednesday 19th August 2026
A short note about some gyrations in 'Market Demand' we've seen, on Wednesday 19th August 2026.
Frequency spike in PJM (Wednesday 22nd July 2026) with sudden ~3,000MW demand drop
At 07:56:24 local time on Wednesday 22nd July 2026 in PJM, the frequency spiked to ~60.1Hz in response to a ~3,000MW sudden drop in demand.
Oscillations in VIC demand, on Monday morning 13th July 2026
A short note with this snapshot from (a new version of) NEMwatch to highlight some increasing oscillations in VIC 'Market Demand' on Monday morning 13th July 2026. Is this the result of invisible spot-price exposed CER?
Large gyration in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW late Wednesday afternoon 24th June 2026
Riffing Monty Python (and now, for something completely different) another ez2view Mobile alert triggered, to notify me of this large change in NSW ‘Market Demand’ - on Wednesday 24th June 2026.
Large drop in ‘Market Demand’ (amidst oscillation) in SA on Saturday morning 3rd January 2026
A 296MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia in a 5 minute period this morning was outside of the ‘normally expected’ bounds.
Large drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Thursday 20th November 2025
A quick note on Thursday evening 20th November 2025 to record this large size (214MW) drop in ‘Market Demand’ in the 17:50 dispatch interval NEM time this evening.
‘Market Demand’ in South Australia drops by 216MW (or 21%) on Thursday afternoon 6th November 2025
Worth recording this other ez2view ‘Notification’ widget alert received at 14:11 (NEM time) on Thursday 6th November 2025 to mark a large-size drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia.
Small spike in Mainland Frequency, with (apparent) ~400MW trip of demand in Queensland on Tuesday morning 14th October 2025
It appears that there was some large(ish) trip in demand somewhere on the Queensland network, given the spike in frequency at ~07:28 on Tuesday 14th October 2025.
Drop in ‘Market Demand’ in QLD on Tuesday morning 14th October 2025
A short note to record a large-size drop in ‘Market Demand’ in the Queensland region on Tuesday morning 14th October 2025, as captured in this ez2view ‘Notification’ widget alert at 07:31 (NEM time).
A 292MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Tasmania, on Saturday 16th August 2025
A quick first look, following the loss of 292MW of 'Market Demand' in Tasmania to 14:11 (NEM time) on Saturday 16th August 2025.
A 409MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in Victoria on Tuesday 24th June 2025
Another short article about a large change in demand – this one being a 409MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ to the 12:10 dispatch interval (NEM time) on Tuesday 24th June 2025.
A 495MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW on Thursday morning 5th June 2025
Another short article to note a 495MW drop in demand in NSW (measured in 'Market Demand') to the 10:10 dispatch interval on Thursday 5th June 2025.
Two large drops in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Monday afternoon 26th May 2025
Worth a short note to tag in this ‘Notification’ widget alert in ez2view triggered at 13:31 (NEM time) on Monday 26th May 2025 about a 235MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia.
‘Market Demand’ jumps by 404MW on Wednesday morning 7th May 2025
Another short article to record this 404MW jump in ‘Market Demand’ in the Victorian region from the 07:50 to 07:55 dispatch interval (NEM time) on Wednesday 7th May 2025.
464MW drop in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW on Sunday 4th May 2025
Flagging this 464MW drop in 'Market Demand' in NSW on Sunday 4th May 2025, as something that might be explored later...