On Friday 27th September 2024, VIC ‘Market Demand’ dropped as low as 1,878MW
Recapping what the lowest point was, for ‘Market Demand, in Victoria on Friday 27th September 2024.
low demand
A (temporary?) reprieve from the incessant high prices on Sunday 29th May 2022
Something I’ve not seen all that much for quite a while … zero and negative prices in the middle of the day.
Repair work on Heywood continues to affect South Australian region
A different type of market notice today (speaking of potential curtailment of embedded generation in South Australia) points to the future … accelerated by Heywood repairs in this instance.
Bottom falls out of electricity demand in VIC on Christmas Day 2020
Short note about what might be a new record low point for electricity demand in Victoria on Christmas Day 2020.
The NEM consumes (at least) 10GW of supply from renewable plant on Sunday 19th July 2020
A short review, as it happens, on a day where renewable production reached 10,000MW in aggregate across the NEM.
AEMO forecasts new “lowest ever” demand today in South Australia – but misses by 200MW
A quick look at what would have been a new “lowest ever” point for SA Scheduled Demand today at 12;30 … if the AEMO forecast had held to be valid.
Scheduled Demand in South Australia drops to 536MW, an all-time* record minimum in the afternoon of Sunday 21st October 2018
Based on a tip from a savvy WattClarity reader, we have a quick look at what turned out to be the lowest-ever (normal) instance of Scheduled Demand on a dispatch target basis in the South Australian region of the NEM.
Spot prices back to yesteryear
Spot prices in the doldrums with low demand and high production from wind and gas.
Spot price drops below zero in SA on a windy day with low demand
A drop in demand exacerbates low holiday demand and high wind to drop the price below zero in SA
NQ transmission grid escapes unscathed, but demand is very low
A quick look at how North Queensland looks, the morning after TC Yasi