What was the peak NEM-Wide Demand this Winter?
A quick overview of how the daily peak NEM-wide demand trended over winter 2009, in relation to our forecasting competition.
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Highest (real) NEM-Wide Demand this winter – on Thursday 11th June 2009
Some preliminary analysis of what happened on Thursday 11th June 2009 - when the NEM experienced its highest NEM-wide demand this winter.
A beautiful summer’s day for South-East Queensland – in August
A snapshot towards the end of a remarkable day in August 2009 when temperatures soared in South-East Queensland (yes, that's in winter).
Further thoughts about Summer 2008-09 (the heatwave, bushfires, new demand peak, and blackouts)
Summer 2008-09 is now well behind us, and there are a number of official reviews underway that will report back at some stage. Even so, we’ve been continuing...
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...
A brief look at peak NEM-Wide Demand over recent winters
This weekend, we have prepared this analysis of the entries we received for our “Peak Demand Forecaster” competition for winter 2009. In conjunction with this analysis, we thought...
Summary of entries received for the “Best Demand Forecaster” competition for Winter 2009
A couple of weeks ago, we opened for entries in our “Best Demand Forecaster” competition – run for the first time during winter. Entries closed on Monday 29th...
A review of recent winters in the NEM
For those who weren't aware, Winter 2009 has seen us offer our "Who's the Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM" challenge - as a chance for the market...
First Spike in Demand this Winter As Temperatures Plunge
On Wednesday 10th June 2009, temperatures plunged across the NEM for the first time this winter, providing a long-awaited dump of snow to start the season, and driving...
October in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM - in which we examine the trends in price and demand across the NEM for the month...
And the winner for summer 08-09 is…
We noted yesterday, in the midst of the excitement, that the previous NEM-wide demand record had been beaten, by virtue of the heatwave assaulting VIC and SA over...
Massive Demand, Huge Prices, Load Shedding and the Cumulative Price Threshold (and lessons learnt?)
Wednesday 28th January saw demand across the NEM jump to unprecedented levels, setting a new record of 34,843MW at 16:00 NEM time. On Thursday 29th January, we saw...
New record all-time NEM-wide demand (and for VIC and SA) today!
The day is not over yet, but we thought you would be interested in the attached snapshot highlighting the first of the occasions on the day when prices...
New record summer demand!
We watched with interest today as demand crept up in all mainland regions to the point where the NEM-Wide demand rose slightly above 33,000MW for the first time...
Summary of entries received for 2008-2009
An overview of the final range of estimates received for the peak demand guessing competition of summer 2008-2009.
Summer 2008-09 to date
Given that the holidays are now over (for most of us) and we're returning back to "normal" life, we thought it would be a good time to provide...
July in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM. Analysis of July has revealed that the peak NEM-wide demand for the past 3 years has occurred...
August in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM - in which we examine the trends in price and demand across the NEM for the month...
June in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM. June has brought us several cases of "economic witholding of capacity" - particularly in 2002, and in...
May in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM - in which we examine the trends in price and demand across the NEM for the month...