Off-Target #2 = Unit failed to start – Braemar A3 on 29th August 2018

As part of the process of compiling our Generator Report Card 2018, we’re taking a look at the instances where individual DUIDs were significantly Off-Target.  In our longitudinal summary article today, we can’t see a clear trend emerging to suggest the overall aggregate absolute level of Off-Target is getting substantially worse, or better.

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One of the reasons why a generator might be Off-Target is that it might have failed to start.

Using “Time-Travel” in our ez2view market analysis software, we’ve wound back a particular dashboard in ez2view back to the 17:00 dispatch interval on 29th August 2018, in order to show an example of this:

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As noted in on the image, the unit was dispatched but failed to start, as a result of which a rebid was made to remove capacity from the market temporarily:

2018-08-29-at-17-10-ez2view-Braemar3

What’s of particular interest to us in our Generator Report Card 2018 is to explore how frequently this type of thing occurs, and whether the incidence has changed significantly.


About the Author

Paul McArdle
One of three founders of Global-Roam back in 2000, Paul has been CEO of the company since that time. As an author on WattClarity, Paul's focus has been to help make the electricity market more understandable.

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