Unplanned outage on Yallourn Unit 2 pushed out ~2 weeks (with new RTS Thursday 25th September 2025)

On Wednesday 27th August we wrote about the ‘Notable forced outage at Yallourn Unit 2 … due to ‘LP turbine issue’’ which occurred on Tuesday 26th August 2025.

This outage was one of many topics of conversation in a phone call this afternoon – which prompted a new look at the ‘Forecast Convergence’ widget in ez2view, from which we take the following snapshot at 14:10 (NEM time) on Thursday 28th August 2025:

2025-08-28-at-14-10-ez2view-ForecastConvergence-YWPS2

Key points from this image:

1)  This revised expectation for return to service  date was updated in the MT PASA DUID Availability data set published by AEMO for yesterday (Wednesday 27th August 2025 at 12:00)

2)  The revised return to service date is now Thursday 25th September 2025

… but keep in mind that this is early days, and that (my sense is that) we won’t really know until EnergyAustralia has completed the (presumed) cover lift to inspect the damage.

3)  We see that (as anticipated in the earlier article) the previously planned outage (presumably including the work scope within it) has been merged into this new forced outage.

 

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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