Continuing the speculation in Part 2 of this day’s commentary, here’s a snapshot from the BOM 128km Melbourne Radar capturing the storm front ~11 minutes after the time stated by AEMO in MN 114577 when the Moorabool Sydenham No1 and No2 500 kV lines tripped:
Suggests that it might have been possible that a lightning strike might have been the cause … perhaps?
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Prices in SA have spiked to close to the market cap and remained elevated, following the invocation of the ‘I-VS_250’ constraint set due to extreme weather conditions.
Fifth article for Monday 14th November 2022 … taking a quick initial look at the sequence of events immediately around the islanding in South Australia on Saturday 12th November 2022.
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