The minimum we can see in our records was down at 49.841Hz at 13:28:45.109 … so just outside the NOFB.
Coinciding with this drop, we saw this alert triggered by the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view looking at a range of different market conditions (including coal units coming offline):
This notes the trip of Loy Yang A unit 2 in the 5 minute period to 13:31.
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.
For several reasons (including as prompted by conversations with several different clients in recent days) here’s a review of rebidding at Loy Yang A1 as the unit came offline on Tuesday 20th August 2024.
We’ve only just published ‘AEMO directs 4 units on in Victoria, to cover System Strength shortfall’ … noting that, at that time, there were 3 coal units in Victoria offline.
Our ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view has alerted us that Loy Yang A2 unit has also come offline shortly afterwards (just prior to 09:30 NEM time).
Guest author, Allan O’Neil does a masterful job with limited time in reviewing some of the goings-on in the NEM (particularly VIC and SA) on Thursday 30th January 2020
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