Callide B2 (apparent) trip early on Wednesday morning 19th February 2025

So whilst talking about changes in supply-demand balance and the impact on System Frequency, there was an apparent trip of the Callide B2 unit in the early hours of this morning, as captured in the alert in ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view here:

2025-02-19-at-03-30-ez2view-Notifications-CallB2-trip

In order that we could see the frequency data in more detail (down at the 100 milli-second cadence) we extracted and have plotted an 8 hour period (from 00:00 to 08:00 NEM time this morning) here:

2025-02-19-at-08-00-NEM-Mainland-Frequency

Notably:

1)  We identify what was probably the effect of the trip in the drop to 49.899Hz at 03:25:08.5 NEM time this morning)

2)  But we’ve also noted a few other drops in frequency throughout the morning that have not been investigated

3)  Though readers should not that:

(a)  none of them are outside the bounds of the NOFB

(b)  though each of them are outside the deadband of PFR, so would have triggered a response there.

 

Nothing further, at this point.


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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