Testing the Heywood interconnector on Friday 11th October 2024, as part of PEC Stage 1

Worth recording Market Notice 118771 published at 08:25 this morning as follows:

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MARKET NOTICE
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From : AEMO
To : NEMITWEB1
Creation Date : 11/10/2024 08:25:55

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Notice ID : 118771
Notice Type ID : GENERAL NOTICE
Notice Type Description : Subjects not covered in specific notices
Issue Date : 11/10/2024
External Reference : Heywood testing (SA to Vic) 11th October 2024

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Reason :

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

There is an opportunity for testing Heywood Interconnector (HIC) flow from South Australia to Victoria above 450MW and Victoria to South Australia above 450MW on 11th October from 8:00hrs to 19:00hrs

This test includes a trip and reclose of a line in South Australia.

Please also refer to the published formal PEC Stage 1 and HIC capacity release testing information at the following link:

https://aemo.com.au/-/media/files/stakeholder_consultation/consultations/nem-consultations/2023/project-energyconnect-stage-1-and-hic-capacity-release/pec-stage-1-and-hic—final-test-program.pdf?la=en .

Ben Blake
AEMO Operations

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Remember that PEC Stage 1 is being represented in NEMDE as ‘just’ an increase in capability of the Heywood interconnector.

It won’t be till PEC Stage 2 that we need to draw in a new interconnector to our range of software, this one between SA and NSW (like NEMwatch etc…) … possibly called NSW1-SA1?