However overnight there was a hiccup during which it tripped again (for reasons I have not investigated) – as shown in the ez2view snapshot at 10:00 (NEM time) on Wednesday 14th February 2024, this unit is back online again in the early hours of this morning:
Have not seen any generation at LYA1 or LYA4 yet … but thankfully no change in the MT PASA DUID Availability data in the ‘Generator Outages’ widget highlighted above.
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Following several different warnings of high temperatures forecast for the lead-in to Tuesday 26th January 2021 (whatever you want to call that day) I’ve taken a quick look at what it’s currently forecast to mean for the NEM…
We’ve only just published ‘AEMO directs 4 units on in Victoria, to cover System Strength shortfall’ … noting that, at that time, there were 3 coal units in Victoria offline.
Our ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view has alerted us that Loy Yang A2 unit has also come offline shortly afterwards (just prior to 09:30 NEM time).
The ongoing (second) outage at Loy Yang A unit 2 is a timely reminder of the need to progress the 2 rule change proposals submitted by ERM Power with respect to MT PASA data duration, and granularity.
An article at the end of the week in which AGL Energy announced the establishment of a Structured Transition Agreement (STA) with respect to Loy Yang A and the notice of closure for 30th June 2035.
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