[2nd post] Astonishing Queensland electricity demand – on a Sunday!

After this morning’s post I have been otherwise occupied (at all times trying to stay cool in the heat).

I’ve returned now to see this tweet from Powerlink, proclaiming a new all-time record electricity demand at 17:30 (note that their measure is slightly different than that shown in NEM-Watch, for instance):

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Hence it was with considerable interest that I have now, other jobs completed, had a quick look at how the day panned out in this NEM-Watch snapshot from 20:15 NEM time – which was both well after the Powerlink tweet references, and also later than the 19:30 peak that AEMO had been forecasting this morning:

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By looking at Scheduled Demand on a “Dispatch Target” basis, like in NEM-Watch, we see that the highest this measure reached today was 9,430MW at 17:25 – which was 47MW below the peak experienced at 17:00 on Wednesday 18th January.

I believe the Powerlink measure will differ in two key respects:
(a)  It will be a Metered Demand, as distinct from a Target; and
(b)  It will be for a half-hour (as distinct from a 5-minute measure, which will inevitably higher as above).

That takes nothing away from the fact that it was a truly astonishing result for the Queensland region on a Sunday (albeit a super-hot one).


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Paul McArdle
One of three founders of Global-Roam back in 2000, Paul has been CEO of the company since that time. As an author on WattClarity, Paul's focus has been to help make the electricity market more understandable.

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