Continuing the speculation in Part 2 of this day’s commentary, here’s a snapshot from the BOM 128km Melbourne Radar capturing the storm front ~11 minutes after the time stated by AEMO in MN 114577 when the Moorabool Sydenham No1 and No2 500 kV lines tripped:
Suggests that it might have been possible that a lightning strike might have been the cause … perhaps?
One of three founders of Global-Roam back in 2000, Paul has been CEO of the company since that time.
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Prices in SA have spiked to close to the market cap and remained elevated, following the invocation of the ‘I-VS_250’ constraint set due to extreme weather conditions.
A weekend of prolific thunderstorms had a significant impact on the NEM. Ben Domensino of Weatherzone reports on the 4.2 million+ lightning strikes that were detected across the country on Saturday and Sunday.
Coincidentally this week it seems to me that we’re facing storm warnings on two different fronts – one literal (and much easier to prepare for), whilst the other one is metaphorical and operates at several different levels (and is much, much more difficult to manage).
Fifth article for Monday 14th November 2022 … taking a quick initial look at the sequence of events immediately around the islanding in South Australia on Saturday 12th November 2022.
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