2022-03-Flooding

In late February and early March 2022 a widespread area of south-east Queensland and northern NSW was subject to flooding following torrential rains. In this series of articles, we have a look at how this impacted on the energy grid and market.

Linton Corbet Friday, March 4 2022

Southeast Queensland flooding, 2022 – electricity demand observations

Widespread and heavy rainfall occurred across southeast Queensland during the week ending Sunday 27th February, 2022. The deluge produced some of the highest rainfall totals on record and extensive flooding. Did electricity demand drop in association with network outages?