Drops in mainland frequency on Saturday afternoon 15th November 2025
I’m not sure if related to the severe weather warnings for both QLD and NSW today, but here’s a quick record of some afternoon weakness in frequency control...
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(A first?) Severe Weather alert for the Queensland (and now NSW) Region … Saturday 15th November 2025
Relatively early in the afternoon (Saturday 15th November 2025) I received simultaneous alerts from the BOM and from AEMO about 'severe weather' in relation to Queensland this afternoon.
Expected RTS for Yallourn 2 slips a month – now offline until 24th January 2026
On Friday 14th November 2025, the expected return to service for YWPS2 was pushed back another ~6 weeks (now offline till Monday 24th January 2026).
Reflections from our presentation to the CEC this week: A stocktake on the CIS
Linton and I had the pleasure of speaking to the CEC on Wednesday, this short article shares a couple of slides from the presentation and a list of...
AEMO frequency monitoring report provides some details of frequency event (due to self-forecast glitch) on 19th August 2025
Adding to the list of articles we've collated about the frequency disturbance on Tuesday 19th August 2025, we're copying in what AEMO published in its 2025 Q3 monitoring...
AEMO publishes report: ‘Frequency Monitoring–2025 Q3’
On or before 13th November 2025, the AEMO published its ‘Frequency Monitoring – Quarter 3 2025’ report:
Trying to understand the errors in ‘Initial Supply’ (on Tue 11th and Thu 6th November) as the source of the gremlins
In this article we take another step in trying to understand the source of the gremlins (on Thu 6th Nov 2025 and Tue 11th Nov 2025) that seemed...
How often have we seen these gremlins, injecting ‘phantom’ demand and driving frequency high? … a 1st pass
Following two instances of apparent data glitches (injecting 'phantom demand' and) driving frequency high, here's a collation of some other times (we've written about) where similar has happened.
AEMO (and the BOM) warning about possible ‘Severe Space Weather’ (at G4, possible G5) in next ~24 hours
One WattClarity reader has pointed us to AEMO and BOM warnings about space weather - noting that 'G4 geomagnetic storm conditions are currently being observed. G4 with a...
AEMO directs again in South Australia for Minimum System Load – Wednesday 12th November 2025 (second day in a row)
For the second day in a row, AEMO has issued direction (to Torrens Island BESS) due to concerns about Minimum System Load in South Australia - with today's...
More, about noisy MSL warnings for South Australia … and an Actual MSL2 and AEMO Direction on Tuesday 11th November 2025
Second article about forecast (and actual) Minimum System Load conditions in South Australia ... and Directions as a result (on Tuesday 11th November 2025).
Kogan Creek trips (on Tuesday morning 11th November 2025) … and ironically helps frequency
Three quick notes, after seeing the trip of Kogan Creek on Tuesday morning 11th November 2025.
Has it happened again … have gremlins invaded NEMDE and triggered a frequency excursion (Tuesday 11th November 2025)?
In what seems to be a repeat of what happened last week Thursday 6th November 2025, some strange (and large) changes in 'Market Demand in Victoria appear to...
Angela’s article in AFR answers some of our "What’s up with Waratah BESS?" question
On Friday afternoon we asked the question ‘What’s up with Waratah BESS (unplanned outage till 3rd May 2026)?’. It was great to see (on Monday evening) Angela MacDonald-Smith...
Sunday evening trip at Callide C4, and wobbles coming back online
Taking a quick look - after our ez2view ‘Notification’ widget triggered an alert for what appears to be Callide C4 tripping from close to full load (Sunday 9th...
A quick look at (plant-related) rebids for Waratah BESS from 19th October to 8th November 2025 (with PASA Avail 350MW)
Another in the series about Waratah BESS, we have a look at the unit's bids and operations over a 20-day time-range to midnight ending Saturday 8th November 2025.
A quick look at (plant-related) rebids for Waratah BESS to 19th October 2025 (during Hold Point 5 testing for full discharge)
In the next in the series about Waratah BESS, we have a look at a 9-day time-range to midnight ending Saturday 18th October 2025 via the ‘Bids &...
Belatedly noting that the AER published its PASA Compliance Bulletin and Checklist (back on Friday 29th August 2025)
Relevant to today's questions, we belatedly note now that it was back on Friday 29th August 2025 that the AER published its PASA Compliance Bulletin and Checklist.
An updated longer term trend (and tabulation) of operations at Waratah BESS
Almost exactly 3 months ago we posted a ~12 month chronological record of the history of Waratah BESS. Due to observations today (and questions and conversations leading from...
Some sizeable cycles in ‘Market Demand’ in South Australia on Thursday 6th November 2025
It’s probably worth (also) recording an event that happened later in the afternoon on Thursday 6th November 2025 - some sizeable cycles in Market Demand in South Australia