Links to external reports relating to the blackout

Posted by Paul McArdleMonday 7^th April 2008 12:00 AM Topic: 2007 - 16th January - Bushfires and Victoria's blackout

As noted on this blog, the blackout of 16^th 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 16^th 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: http://www.nemmco.com.au/opreports/180-0074.pdf
Wed 17^th January 2007	Our first review of the blackout was put together as a preliminary chronological record of the events on that day. This is now available here: https://wattclarity.com.au/Public/Article.aspx?aid=15
March 2007	Our second review of the blackout was put together, and is now available here: https://wattclarity.com.au/Public/Article.aspx?aid=27
June 2007	NEMMCO, the market operator, prepared this report into what happened on the day: http://www.nemmco.com.au/marketandsystemevents/232-0052.pdf NEMMCO also provided this presentation outlining the main points in their report: http://www.nemmco.com.au/corporateinfo/000-0245.pdf Further information from NEMMCO, including a status report on the implementation of recommendations, is here: http://www.nemmco.com.au/marketandsystemevents/232-0052.htm
June 2007	Vencorp (the Victorian planning body) published its own report on the incident here: http://www.vencorp.com.au/index.php?action=filemanager&doc_form_name=download&folder_id=479&doc_id=4152&pageID=7767&sectionID=7766
August 2007	NEMMCO published a report, “Independent Expert Report for Directions of 16 January 2007” by Synergies Economic Consulting, available here: http://www.nemmco.com.au/opreports/148-0083.pdf
September 2007	The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) published its final report into the blackout. This is linked here: http://www.aer.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/714828
October 2007	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: http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/dpinenergy.nsf/LinkView/F87090914F4106B3CA2572B200013F43F1FE5D56C92AAD05CA2572B200162BB7

If you are aware of any other reports that should be listed here, please let us know!

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Paul McArdle

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.

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