Storms in Victoria on leave ~500,000 without power

Posted by Paul McArdle Friday, October 29 2021 Topic: Spring 2021 in the NEM

A short back-dated article to note about the storm of Thursday 28th and Friday 29th October that left almost 500,000 people without power in Victoria:

2021-10-29-AEMO-tweets-VICstorms

This series of tweets from the AEMO referenced this 11am update on Friday 29th October 2021 that contains more details.

To gain another sense of the intensity of the storm, Ben Domensino at Weatherzone tweeted about over 500,000 lightning strikes across southeastern Australia (Victoria, but also South Australia, Tasmania and parts of NSW) in the 24 hour period to 09:57 NEM time on Friday:

2021-10-29-tweet-BenDomensino

That tweet, and the ones below it, are useful for an explanation…

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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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  2. Updated tabulated record of minimum demand points – for each region, and NEM-wide – following 31st Oct 2021 – WattClarity

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