A stinking hot weekend poses a reminder of the difficulty of forecasting electricity demand
AEMO's demand forecasts for Saturday 6th January 2017 were about 500MW below what the mark turned out to be. It appears that this is due (at least in...
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“Scheduled Demand” in Victoria stopped short of 8,500MW today (lower than forecast) but the demand peak forecast for NSW tomorrow has grown to almost 13,000MW
Demand in Victoria peaked lower than forecast today, but demand forecasts for NSW tomorrow are continuing to climb.
Was South Australia lucky the lights stayed on last Friday?
Last Friday’s events took South Australia much closer to the brink of another Black System event than many seem to have realised
Queensland demand soars high in the second week of summer
We are only in the second week of summer 2015-16, and demand in Queensland has already begun to heat up, hitting 8507MW at 3:05pm this afternoon after another...
Demand heats up in New South Wales and Queensland on the first day of summer
With a Beefeater 5 Burner BBQ on the line , along with a host of other prizes, interested participants of our annual demand forecast competition (entries now closed...
A hot Thursday forecast for QLD this week – what will it mean for electricity demand?
With high temperatures forecast for South-East Queensland later this week, we take a look at what's forecast in terms of demand.
Forecasting NSW peak demand is not as easy as it might initially seem – is there a better way?
What do the forecasts received for peak NSW demand this summer tell us about the various debates currently underway in terms of network regulation and industry transformation?
Analysing trends in VIC electricity demand
Some analysis of how demand in Victoria has trended over 16 years - at least in part to help competition entrants provide their forecasts of what they think...
Peak summer demand in Tasmania has been consistent (but AEMO’s forecasts vary)
A few quick pointers (on New Year's Eve) about where peak demand might land this summer in Tasmania - so you have a chance at winning Competition #6
The continuing change in the NEM landscape
Second article by Paul Taliangis (of Core Energy) looking at some of the broader changes at work in the NEM.
Celebrate a summer Christmas with us–with your own new Beefmaster Premium 6 BBQ!
Here's our regular, annual and popular call-to-calculators for all those who've drawn the short straw and have to work on through the Christmas -to- New Year this summer...
How is demand changing in the NEM?
Further analysis of the way that electricity demand patterns (NEM-wide) are changing in Australia's National Electricity Market
What’s the consensus view of where the market thinks the NEM-wide demand will end up
Some analysis of entries received in our "Who'd the Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM" competition for summer 2010-11
Concerns about Rising Costs in the Wholesale Spot Market
A listing of some drivers for higher (and, in some cases, lower) prices in the wholesale spot component of the NEM.
How helpful was NEMMCOs PASA process in predicting the demand spike on 29 January 2009 (part2)
Some further analysis of the MT PASA and ST PASA forecasts for other regions of the NEM (SA, TAS, NSW and QLD) for the day of 29th January...
How helpful was NEMMCOs PASA process in predicting the demand spike on 29 January 2009 (part1)?
A quick look at how useful NEMMCO's PASA forecasts were, prior to the record levels of demand seen across the NEM on Thursday 29th January 2009
So who won the competition – as peak demand forecaster in the NEM for Winter 2009?
A look at who won our competition for winter 2009 - and proved themselves to be the "Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM"!
Initial Thoughts about the AEMO’s Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO) for 2009
Some initial, scattered, thoughts (late on the day of its launch) about the AEMO's first production of the Electricity Statement of Opportunities for 2009
Should last summer’s peak NEM-Wide demand have surprised us so much?
We saw a massive new peak for NEM-Wide demand set on 29th January 2009, which surprised many (including us). We return to that data and, by comparing with...
Win an Espresso Coffee Machine as the Best Demand Forecaster for Winter 2009
The "Who's the Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM?" challenge for winter 2009. Tell us the peak demand for this winter by 9AM Monday 29th June, and win...