Chilly temperatures below average have led to record energy demand.
Queensland hit a new record for energy demand on Wednesday night, the day after Victoria hit the same milestone. Much of eastern Australia has recorded chilly temperatures below average this week, with a cold snap predicted to last over the weekend . The Australian Energy Market Operator said Queensland "hit a new winter maximum operational demand record" of 8,728 megawatts. This was up 12 megawatts from the previous record set on 4 July 2022.
recorded a demand of 8,612 megawatts at 6pm on Monday, up more than 250 megawatts recorded in July 2007. On Wednesday, NSW reached a new high of energy generated by wind, according to National Energy Market analysts. Wind generation in NSW reached 2,293 megawatts just after midnight, beating the record set in April. The
had indicated the state might beat the demand record again on Wednesday but it missed the mark. Earlier this month, the issued a warning about gas supply levels in the eastern states in the coming months. The market operator said that gas supply and demand trends in NSW, Victoria and South Australia indicate there is "the potential for gas supply shortfalls due to the depletion of southern storage inventories".
noted that the threat of gas shortfalls, driven by a rise in demand for gas due to recent cold weather and outages at a gas plant in Victoria, will likely continue until 30 September.
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