Not even 41 degrees in Sydney today can drive demand close to a new record
The mercury in Sydney topped the 40 degree mark today, but demand did not climb to the heights it achieved when it set the record 2 summers ago.
Collections of events that we see happening in the NEM, categorised in terms of the seasons in which they occur.
The mercury in Sydney topped the 40 degree mark today, but demand did not climb to the heights it achieved when it set the record 2 summers ago.
A preliminary look at a number of events that happened today, leading to prices spiking to the Market Price Cap in a number of regions, Demand Side Response...
With a severe weather warning issued for much of Australia (with Sydney and Brisbane almost being the only exceptions) and lasting several days, it's timely to look at...
A brief look at the demand shape on Christmas Day 2012, and how this compares to prior years.
A record of a higher demand day in Queensland today
An interesting day in the NEM today, with prices gyrating across a wide spectrum, and across all four mainland regions - on the back of higher demand in...
Three images from NEM-Watch highlighting extremes of pricing in the Queensland region of the National Electricity Market today - illustrating the volatility, and hence the opportunities for Demand...
A brief look, during the day, of the effect that the Queensland heat wave is having on electricity demand within the state - and further across the NEM....
Some quick observations about the price spikes observed yesterday on the back of high temperature-driven demand in Victoria.
A snapshot of an instance of the Queensland regional constraint, which has returned after an absence over the autumn months.
A brief look at the significant increase in output from hydro plant coincident with (and slightly preceding) the introduction of the Carbon Tax
Following some questions yesterday (from clients and others) we take a quick look at how Yallourn Power Station is progressing in coming back from outage caused by inundation...
The range of questions we've been asked over the course of the past 2 weeks (since the introduction of the Carbon Tax) seem to resolve to these 3...
Now that we’re through the first week of Australia’s new Carbon Tax, we thought it would be of interest to have a look at whether there has been...
Some quick notes today, on day #2 of the Carbon Tax, prompted by some prices that jumped all around the place (not so much due to carbon, though).
It's the first day under the new Carbon Tax regime, so worthwhile to have a quick look at early indications of how spot prices have changed in the...
Some brief analysis of the floods at Yallourn Power Station.
Some summary points about how NEM-Wide demand across the NEM over summer 2011-12 was surprisingly low, with a very low peak achieved.
A quick look at the demand levels on Saturday 25th driven by hot weather in VIC and SA. What would have happened had this been on a weekday?
Looking further (after making the first post today) I see that the demand did rise above 30,000MW across the Australian National Electricity Market today - still a very...