"Cold comfort for summer power"

23rd July 2008

Duncan Hughes, journalist in The Australian Financial Review wrote this article (Cold comfort for summer power) following on from spikes (in price and demand) experienced over the winter period.

In this article, Duncan noted that prices in QLD had spiked as high as $9,000/MWh on the previous Saturday (21st July) and that a a new record for NEM-wide peak demand had been set (at above 33,000MW):

To read the article, please see either:
1)  The news release at the Fin Review; or
2)  A PDF copy of the release.

When we find some time, we will look forward to an opportunity to analyse this issue (demand growth) in more detail, at which time we'll add another article to our new electricity market blog at:

WattClarity.com.au