In the financial year 2023, electricity usage in the National Electricity Market (NEM) across Australia amounted to just over 188 terawatt hours. This was a slight decrease in electricity usage across the country compared to the previous year.
Western Australia and the Northern Territory are not connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM).
Supplementary notes
Australia's financial year runs from July of one year to June of the following year; for example, the financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
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Australian Energy Regulator. (April 1, 2024). Annual electricity consumption in the NEM in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2023 (in terawatt hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/986178/australia-electricity-usage/
Australian Energy Regulator. "Annual electricity consumption in the NEM in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2023 (in terawatt hours)." Chart. April 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/986178/australia-electricity-usage/
Australian Energy Regulator. (2024). Annual electricity consumption in the NEM in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2023 (in terawatt hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/986178/australia-electricity-usage/
Australian Energy Regulator. "Annual Electricity Consumption in The Nem in Australia from Financial Year 2010 to 2023 (in Terawatt Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/986178/australia-electricity-usage/
Australian Energy Regulator, Annual electricity consumption in the NEM in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2023 (in terawatt hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/986178/australia-electricity-usage/ (last visited December 04, 2024)
Annual electricity consumption in the NEM in Australia from financial year 2010 to 2023 (in terawatt hours) [Graph], Australian Energy Regulator, April 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/986178/australia-electricity-usage/