A pattern is emerging … (poorly tuned Demand Response and/or forecasts?) see-sawing Demand and gyrating NSW Price
So, at 14:30, no prizes for guessing what transpires – captured in two snapshots from the ez2view Mobile App ...
demand jump
A big jump in ‘Market Demand’ (amongst other factors) drives NSW to $23,107/MWh at 14:20
At 14:20 (NEM time) on Monday 12th October 2026, the spot price in (a very hot) NSW spikes close to the Market Price Cap.
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.
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.
A +460MW jump in NSW demand to 13:10 on Saturday 20th December 2025
It seemed that it might be worth documenting a +460MW jump in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW on Saturday afternoon to 13:10 (NEM time) on 20th December 2025.
Yo-yo-ing of ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia – on Wednesday 10th December 2025
Whilst today saw the release of the draft 2026 ISP, some 'challenges of the future' are already here today - such as the increasingly large and common gyrations in 'Market Demand' seen in South Australia on Wednesday 10th December 2025.
‘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.
Large instantaneous jump in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW on Tuesday afternoon 18th February 2025
A relatively large jump in 'Market Demand' in the NSW region from 16:05 to 16:10 on Tuesday 18th February 2025 caught our attention.
Large jump in ‘Market Demand’ in NSW on Friday afternoon 7th February 2025
A short record of a large (i.e. >400MW) change in ‘Market Demand’ in the NSW region for the 17:15 dispatch interval (NEM time) on Friday 7th February 2025, alerted via ez2view.