Summer is well and truly here with mercury readings this week showing warm temperatures across the NEM. South Australia, in particular, has seen maximum temperatures hovering around 40°C for the week.
In this Chart of the week, we take a look at NEM outcomes this week where moderately high demand, forecast Lack of Reserve (LOR) conditions and certain unit outages likely left many sweating (and not just from the heat). It has also got us all thinking about what summer in January and February may have in store.