We can see that a similar situation arose this morning – it’s difficult to see any downwards blip at all, in the 5-minutes prior to 08:11 this morning … and that’s a good thing!
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.
It’s not the first time that it’s happened in the history of the NEM, but worth noting that we’re (temporarily) down to 1 x Bayswater unit online at present on Tuesday 15th April 2025.
Dan Lee takes a quick look at 5-second frequency data to show SA’s separation from the rest of the NEM and the ensuing frequency swings on late Saturday afternoon.
I was keen to see if there was any noticeable blip in System Frequency resulting from the BW02 unit coming offline on Saturday 4th October 2025 for the brief (two-shift) outage.
A quick record of a unit trip at Bayswater Power Station on Wednesday afternoon 5th March 2025.
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