2009 - January - the heatwave, bushfires, new demand peak, and blackouts Archives

How helpful was NEMMCOs PASA process in predicting the demand spike on 29 January 2009 (part2)

Sun 13^th December 2009 10:50 PM | Paul McArdle

Some further analysis of the MT PASA and ST PASA forecasts for other regions of the NEM (SA, TAS, NSW and QLD) for the day of 29th January 2009 - when a new record...

How helpful was NEMMCOs PASA process in predicting the demand spike on 29 January 2009 (part1)?

Sun 22^th November 2009 1:27 PM | Paul McArdle

A quick look at how useful NEMMCO's PASA forecasts were, prior to the record levels of demand seen across the NEM on Thursday 29th January 2009

Should last summer’s peak NEM-Wide demand have surprised us so much?

Sat 25^th July 2009 11:37 AM | Paul McArdle

We saw a massive new peak for NEM-Wide demand set on 29th January 2009, which surprised many (including us). We return to that data and, by comparing with the previous 10 summers, see whether...

2009 – January – the heatwave, bushfires, new demand peak, and blackouts