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

Paul McArdle Sunday, December 13 2009

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

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 NEM-wide demand was established.

Paul McArdle Sunday, November 22 2009

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

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

Paul McArdle Saturday, July 25 2009

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

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 it should have been entirely unexpected.