A quick note with a NEMwatch snapshot at 13:45 (NEM time) on Wednesday 7th January 2026, noting 'Underlying Demand' approaching 40GW. Is this the highest ever?
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.
Putting the high demand seen in NSW on Thu 29th Feb 2024 in historical context.
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.
Taking a quick look back at two days of extreme levels of demand in Queensland during the 'sleepy period' between Xmas and New Year.