A short time ago, the AEMO released their third press release regarding low electricity reserves in NSW this afternoon – following a statement on Monday afternoon, and earlier this morning.
The full press release is below.
“AEMO continues to work with industry and the state government to manage expected low electricity reserves this afternoon in New South Wales.
This situation is a result of heatwave conditions combined with the unavailability of major power stations.
Ahead of this tight supply-demand period, AEMO has requested that all available generation and transmission resources be deployed to ensure consumer electricity needs are met.
Additional reserves have also been secured through the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) mechanism to help manage the forecasted shortfall.
The NSW Government has enacted protocols to reduce electricity demand from government agencies.
AEMO continues to monitor electricity reserves.”
It interestingly states that the NSW Government has also stepped in and is responding by reducing electricity consumption within their agencies. I am yet to find more information as to what such protocols would entail – perhaps one of our readers can shed some light in the comments?
My wife works for Transport for NSW. Office staff have been told to adjust aircon temps up to 24-26deg and are not allowed any plugged in electronic devices at their desks etc.
So I’m at a commonwealth agency
It’s known for us as the “Government Energy Action Response” and in their words “is designed to manage and mitigate energy demand during critical periods”. I do know the idea was borrowed off the NSW government.
Participating agencies sign up and are notified by DCCEEW when to activate the plan.
For us, it involves raising the air con temp, turning off unused office equipment and all the external facing blinds are closed
`The best response would be by the NSW Planning Department to stop approving apartment and office towers and by the Immigration Department to reduce the number of immigrants who fill these towers. 2 towers with 750 dwelling units generate a peak load of 5.2 MW