Challenges with a global-only FCAS requirement
The very fast FCAS markets started on 9 October 2023 and now a Basslink outage presents a confusing situation for required and enabled levels.
Basslink
Vedran’s note today, about ‘more wind than hydro in Tasmania’ for early morning Thursday 25th May 2023
Prompted by a LinkedIn update by Vedran Kovac (at Hydro Tasmania) we’ve taken a quick look at the supply mix in Tasmania during the current week.
AEMO releases preliminary report into Tasmanian event on Friday 14th October 2022 (i.e. Article 5 in our series)
On Friday 28th October, the AEMO released its preliminary report into the storm damage to Liapootah – Palmerston 220 kV lines (loss of more than 500MW of load, and trip of Basslink and multiple generators)
Slightly more detail on System Frequency on Friday 14th October 2022 (Part 4)
Zooming into the ~7 minute period during which the initial event occurred in TAS on Friday 14th October 2022.
Sequence of events in Tasmania on Friday 14th October 2022 (initial look)
On Friday 14th October we saw a significant system event in Tasmania – with storms downing power links, leading to large (530MW) loss of load and trip of Basslink. In this article we take a first look at the sequence of events…
530MW loss of electrical load in Tasmania on Friday 14th October 2022
Some quick notes of a sizeable loss of load in Tasmania and a volatility situation that is ongoing as I hit ‘publish’ at 11:50 NEM time.
Basslink goes offline, again
A short note about an unexpected Basslink outage that began yesterday morning.
Which state pays for interconnectors?
Ben Skinner from the Australian Energy Council examines how transmission is currently funded in the NEM.
Update on “cost” of Tassie’s energy crisis
Some quick calcs to update a ball-park estimate on the cost of the Tasmanian energy crisis
Some thoughts on the shaky state of Tassie electricity supply
Recapping what I’ve learnt (and highlighting some of the things I have yet to learn) about the electricity supply crisis currently facing Tasmania
Significant trip of Tasmanian demand this morning
A massive (60%) instantaneous reduction in Tassie’s electricity demand in the early hours of this morning caught our attention.
A very volatile day in VIC and SA (not particularly due to the Carbon Tax)
Some quick notes today, on day #2 of the Carbon Tax, prompted by some prices that jumped all around the place (not so much due to carbon, though).
Some context for the recent Basslink outage
I noted that the recent Basslink outage made the news today as a result of political point scoring in the Tasmanian parliament. As noted in the news report, the Basslink outage started on Saturday 17th April, and continued through until…