Energy, science and technology blogger Ketan Joshi published an article on Monday which posed the question ‘Is Sydney’s heat decoupling from demand spikes?’. Within the post, he uses historical data from NEM-Review to compare New South Wales’ average demand between 2000-2015 against the daily average demand so far in 2016: “Curiously, demand isn’t much higher or lower…
The Snowy Hydro Corporation have submitted a rule change request that would see a change to the National Electricity Rules to oblige price sensitive demand greater than 30MW to bid into central dispatch. An excerpt from this WattClarity article posted in January 2014 was used in the ‘Statement of issue’ section of the consultation paper,…
A previous article written by our CEO, Paul McArdle for WattClarity has recently been published on RenewEconomy. Paul is booked in to speak at the 2015 All Energy conference about what role Demand Response might play in a future environment where intermittent generation sources supply a significantly higher percentage of the energy mix in the NEM. In his…
After fielding a number of questions relating to wind farm production in South Australia over a two week period – our CEO, Paul McArdle took to WattClarity to help make the complexity of the situation understandable to many interested (and confused) onlookers. To illustrate the yin and yang of wind over a 4-day period for broader…
A week of unusual occurrences in the South Australian energy space fascinated many onlookers, particularly large energy users. After fielding a number of calls from large energy users in South Australia who were wanting to know what was going on, our CEO, Paul McArdle wrote this article on WattClarity to explain why they were concerned,…
As someone seen as a source of insight about the National Electricity Market by a number of journalists, including many who follow the articles posted on our WattClarity® industry commentary site, it is logical that our CEO (Paul McArdle) would be asked to write the article “Generation wallows in oversupply” for the Financial Review to…
Our CEO, Paul McArdle has been quoted by Angela Macdonald-Smith from The Australian Financial Review in regards to solar power’s place within the NEM. Paul’s comments provided an insight to a wide audience about solar’s “small but rapidly growing contribution” to power supply. He was quoted as saying: “About 3 gigawatts of solar power is…
In the summer of 2013-14, Geoff Winestock wrote an article for the Australian Financial Review regarding the state of solar-panel subsidies which became topical after a series of heatwaves in the southern parts of Australia. The article came after the AEMC issued a report stating that the cost of solar-panel subsidies will be a significant…
Cold weather during June 2008 saw electricity consumption soar in the Queensland region of the National Electricity Market – delivering some spot price volatility. Seeking some insights into what was happening in the market at the time, we fielded calls from journalist Duncan Hughes (of the AFR). Our CEO (Paul McArdle) assisted by In his…
Nigel Wilson from The Australian sought insights to explain ‘overheating’ electricity prices during the later part of summer in 2008. Nigel begins his article by stating: “RECORD electricity demand in sweltering Victoria and South Australia yesterday pushed short-term prices close to the capped maximums, making a rise in wholesale and contract prices likely.” And compiled…
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