With YWPS1 and LYA2 back online, Victorian directions for System Strength cancelled

On Thursday 14th November 2024 there were several articles

1)  We noted Thursday morning that ‘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.

2)  Then we noted ‘Loy Yang A2 joins three other coal units in VIC offline’

… and speculated the the short-notice outage of Loy Yang A2 was the trigger for the AEMO direction (i.e. dropping number of coal units in VIC down from 7 down to 6).

3)  Then we asked ‘Why the directions (to 4 units) with 6 coal-fired units still online in Victoria?’.

 

So we follow the above with this collage of widgets in ez2view at the 10:35 dispatch interval (NEM time) to note that the directions have ended – in large part because both Yallourn Unit 1 and Loy Yang A2 are back online this morning:

2024-11-15-at-10-35-ez2view-Collage

 

That’s all for now…


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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