We’ve checked with NEMwatch in this snapshot for the 18:35 dispatch interval (NEM time) on Friday 24th January 2025 and we see that the ‘Market Demand’ reached 10,897MW (target for the 17:45 dispatch interval).
Contemplating the end of the day, and looming sunset, a quick look at NEMwatch at 16:45 NEM time to see the ‘Market Demand’ at 10,543MW and climbing.
Winding back the clock to summer 2010-11 we take a look at (our derivation of) Underlying Demand for NSW on 30th and 31st Jan and Tuesday 1st Feb 2011.
Winding back the clock to summer 2012-13 we take a look at (our derivation of) Underlying Demand for NSW on 16th, 17th and 18th January 2013.
Winding back the clock to summer 2016-17 we take a look at (our derivation of) Underlying Demand for NSW on 8th, 9th and 10th February 2017.
Winding back the clock to summer 2018-19 we take a look at (our derivation of) Underlying Demand for NSW on 29th, 30th and Thu 31st Jan 2019.
Winding back the clock to summer 2019-20 we take a look at (our derivation of) Underlying Demand on Thu 30th Jan, Fri 31st Jan and Sat 1st Feb 2020.
Last article (on the day) about Thu 29th Feb 2024. Prompted by an AFR article just over 24 hours ago, how large was the contribution of Eraring Power Station to the NSW electricity region today?
Pulling together an estimate for ‘Underlying Demand’ in NSW for Thursday 29th February 2024, it was very big – and occurred earlier than the peak in ‘Market Demand’, and is measured in different ways by different people.
At 16:35 on Thu 29th Feb 2024 the NSW demand peaked at its highest point in summer 2023-24.
A mid-afternoon update about NSW on Thu 29th Feb 2024.
A quick look forward (from Sun 25th Feb) towards Thursday 29th Feb 2024 in NSW
A short article with demand in QLD above 10,000MW
Demand is climbing in both NSW and QLD regions on Friday afternoon 23rd February, off the back of hot weather.
Victorian ‘Market Demand’ today (9,260MW at 15:40) is the highest we’ve seen since 31st January 2020 … just over 4 years ago.
As Saturday evening (27th Jan 2024), at 17:45 QLD ‘Market Demand’ reaches 10,210MW … and volatility starts.
A quick record of an extreme level of demand in QLD on Sunday evening (21st Jan 2024).
The middle of the day Sunday (so ~30 hours before the point of interest) sees an opportunity to take an updated look at how extreme AEMO is forecasting Monday (22nd Jan) evening demand in QLD will be…
Taking a quick look back at two days of extreme levels of demand in Queensland during the ‘sleepy period’ between Xmas and New Year.
Some quick initial notes about the second day of remarkably high demand in QLD during the normally ‘sleepy’ period between Xmas and New Year (Fri 29th Dec 2023).