New ‘lowest ever’ point for NEMwide ‘Market Demand’ on Sunday 20th September 2026
The new ‘lowest ever’ point for 'Market Demand' was down at 9,072MW as Target ‘Market Demand’ for the 12:55 dispatch interval yesterday (Sunday 20th September 2026).
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New lowest points for ‘Market Demand’ in both VIC and SA on Thursday 25th December 2025 (Christmas Day)
Cool and clear conditions in the south of the NEM sees new 'lowest ever' points for Market Demand established in both VIC and SA on Thursday 25th December 2025.
Queensland’s overnight *minimum* ‘Market Demand’ was the *highest* ever!
It’s Wednesday 23rd December 2025, and Brisbanites have sweated through a night that saw the overnight *minimum* 'Market Demand' be the highest ever.
New lowest* point for NEM-wide Market Demand on Saturday 4th October 2025?
A snapshot from NEMwatch at 10:55 on Saturday 4th October 2025, highlighting NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ down at 9,393MW - a new lowest point?
Queensland’s minimum ‘Market Demand’ point drops lower still, on Sunday 31st August 2025
Worth a quick note with a NEMwatch snapshot at 10:35 (NEM time) on Sunday 31st August 2025 to mark the ‘lowest ever*’ point for ‘Market Demand’ nudging lower still in the Queensland region.
New ‘lowest ever’ point for ‘Market Demand’ in Queensland, on Sunday 17th August 2025
Another quick article for Sunday 17th August 2025 – this one noting a new 'lowest ever*' point for 'Market Demand' in Queensland, just shaving prior record from a year ago.
New lowest-ever* point for NSW ‘Market Demand’ on Sunday 16th Feb 2025 was lower than AEMO’s earlier forecasts
Second article pertaining to the remarkably low level of 'Market Demand' in NSW on Sunday 16th February 2025.
‘Market Demand’ in NSW drops below the prior ‘lowest ever*’ point
From the 12:05 dispatch interval, today's series of SMS alerts has started from the 12:05 dispatch interval (NEM time) announcing new ‘lowest ever*’ points for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW.
Is the bottom going to fall out of ‘Market Demand’ on a NEM-wide basis tomorrow (Sat 26th Oct 2024)
We wondered what the very, very low demand forecast for NSW (on Sat 26th Oct 2024) that might mean for NEM-wide demand – so we flipped the ‘Forecast Convergence’ widgets to look at NEM-wide ‘Market Demand’ and our jaws hit the floor ...
Long-term trend of monthly minimum ‘Market Demand’ in NSW … prior to forecast lowest point on Sat 26th Oct 2024
With forecasts for a very, very low level of 'Market Demand' tomorrow (Sat 26th Oct 2024) in NSW, here's a longer term trend to show how it would fit in context.
Is the bottom going to fall out of the NSW ‘Market Demand’ tomorrow (Saturday 26th October 2024)?
It was only 5 days (on Sunday 20th October 2024) when we saw a new 'lowest ever*' point for 'Market Demand' in NSW ... so we're amazed to see AEMO forecasting a low point for tomorrow (Sat 26th Oct) a fully 15% lower than that...
New ‘lowest ever*’ point of NSW ‘Market Demand’, on Sunday 20th October 2024
In the following dispatch interval (11:50 on Sunday 20th October 2024) the level of 'Market Demand' fell ~200MW ... below the prior 'lowest ever*' point set a few weeks earlier.
‘Market Demand’ in South Australia falls to ‘lowest ever’ point on Saturday 19th October 2024
The 'Market Demand' in South Australia has fallen to its lowest ever point, on Saturday 19th October, and is forecast to fall lower still (in part because Olympic Dam is offline).
Lowest point for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW drops lower, on Sunday 6th October 2024
A short article capturing a new lowest point for 'Market Demand' in NSW on Sunday 8th October 2024.
Forecast ‘Market Demand’ for 12:00 on Saturday 28th Sept 2024 in VIC falls below MSL2 alert level
Third article already on Friday 27th Sept 2024, looking forwards to a forecast ‘Minimum System Load’ event in Victoria in parallel with the AFL Grand Final tomorrow (Sat 28th Sept 2024). Forecasts now down below MSL2?
AEMO updates ‘Minimum System Load’ alert for VIC on Saturday 28th Sept 2024 … trending down towards MSL2
Third article already on Friday morning 27th Sept 2024, looking forwards to a forecast 'Minimum System Load' event in Victoria in parallel with the AFL Grand Final tomorrow (Sat 28th Sept 2024).
Updated long-term trend of Victorian minimum demand
With forecasts for low demand tomorrow (Sat 28th Sept 2024) in VIC during the middle of the day, we take a quick look at how forecasts compare to prior low points.
Low, getting lower … AEMO’s forecasts for ‘Market Demand’ on Saturday 28th September 2024
A quick update (early Friday 27th September 2024) looking at AEMO's successive forecasts for 'Market Demand' in Victoria for Saturday 28th September 2024 (timed for just prior to center bounce for AFL GF, and following from earlier 'Minimum System Load' advisory).
NSW minimum demand falls lower, on Sunday 22nd September 2024
On Sunday 22nd September 2024 the minimum demand point for 'Market Demand' in NSW dropped lower still.
Spring demand in NSW drops to new low point on Saturday 21st September 2024
The 'Minimum Demand' point in NSW is dropping further still, on Saturday 21st September 2024.