SA islanding ends, on Saturday evening 19th November 2022

From 18:03 (NEM time ) on Saturday 19th November 2022 the Tailem Bend – South East No 1 275kV line was returned to service and this 7-day long islanding event ended.

Here’s a snapshot of the 19:20 dispatch interval in ez2view, showing flows nor running more heavily eastwards as a result (given it’s windy in South Australia at present and the prices are negative as a result):

2022-11-19-at-19-25-ez2view-Island-Ended

Note that flows east are still constrained (though not as severely as when islanded) by the planned outage on the other Tailem Bend to South east 275kV line which is scheduled to return on Monday 21st November at 17:00 (NEM time).

At 19:11 the AEMO published Market Notice MN103664  informing the market more broadly:

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Notice ID            103664
Notice Type ID        Emergency events/conditions
Notice Type Description    MARKET
Issue Date            Saturday, 19 November 2022
External Reference        Update – Significant power system event – 12/11/2022
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AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE.

Update – Significant power system event – 12/11/2022

Refer AEMO Electricity Notice 103067

At  1803 hrs 19/11/2022, Tailem Bend – South East No 1 275 kV Line was returned to service

South Australia is now re-synchronised with the Eastern NEM.

The following constraints sets have been revoked at 1840 hrs;
SA_ESTN_LG_ISLE
SA_ISLE_LB_FFR_ZERO
F-SA_ESTN_ISLE_REG
S-X_BC_CP

Refer to AEMO Network Outage Schedule for further information.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

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… so that’s a day earlier than ElectraNet had been estimating only a couple days ago.


About the Author

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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