Buronga No.5 330kV synchronous condenser has been commissioned in NSW

I’ve just noted about ‘Prices up in the southern half of the NEM – on Tuesday 20th May 2025’.

Now they are not extreme prices in comparison to the ‘up, up and away MPC’ but I thought it was worth noting for a couple reasons – including:

Reason 1)  Because it’s relatively rare these days, including because of operations of VIC1-NSW1 in relation to intra-regional congestion in VIC and NSW;

Reason 2)  But also because of the Market Notice shown in that NEMwatch snapshot, which was also flagged in this ez2view alert to me this evening:

Copying in the full text of the Market Notice is as follows:

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MARKET NOTICE
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From :              AEMO
To   :              NEMITWEB1
Creation Date :     20/05/2025     18:03:57

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Notice ID               :         126784
Notice Type ID          :         GENERAL NOTICE
Notice Type Description :         Subjects not covered in specific notices
Issue Date              :         20/05/2025
External Reference      :         Network Augmentation Commissioned – NSW Region – 20/05/2025

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Reason :

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Network Augmentation Commissioned – NSW Region – 20/05/2025

At 1700 hrs 20/05/2025, the Buronga No.5 330kV synchronous condenser has been commissioned.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

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Another step forward in the much awaited Project Energy Connect Stage 2.