As noted on this blog, the blackout of 16th January 2007 was one of the most significant events in the history of the NEM.
As such, there were a number of reviews conducted by various parties, all seeking to analyse different facets of what went wrong, and why.
As a convenience to our readers, we have linked below all those reports we are currently aware of (these have been sorted in chronological order):
Tue 16th January 2007
Bushfires cause blackout in greater Melbourne area.
Tue 16th January 2007
NEMMCO prepared a market event report entitled “System Separation and Load Shedding” detailing the main dispatch and pricing outcomes and the performance of the market during the day:
The Victorian Government also commissioned a report by the consultancy group, NOUS Group. The main recommendations of the NOUS Report, as it has become known, are linked here:
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
Following the published note of scepticism/concern about the energy transition from several industry CEOs in the AFR on Friday, we take a quick look at the replacement capacity needs just for Loy Yang A power station to illustrate the enormous scale of the challenge.
Last Thursday (31st Aug 2023) the AEMO published the ESOO 2023, including forecasts of some possibility of unserved energy in Victoria and South Australia this coming summer 2023-24 (above the Interim Reliability Measure). Guest author Allan O’Neil takes a look.
A short article to record the incidence of the ‘Actual MSL1’ event for the VIC region, which AEMO noted in MN122399 at 11:16 on Sunday 22nd December 2024
Spurred by a number of concurrent requests I’ve returned to the pattern of prior analysis of Q2 prices (completed in 2016, 2017 and 2018) to look at what’s changed for Q2 2020 that’s just ended. Some stakeholders clearly taken by surprise. Analysis includes the SWIS in Western Australia
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