It’s not (yet?) a frequent occurrence, so worth noting that AEMO has directed 2 units at Murray to synchronise and operate as a synchronous condenser from 08:00 (NEM time) on Thursday 24th October 2024 (to protect against low System Strength)
Market Notice 118151 jumped out at me, because it pertains to an AEMO Direction to a Market Participant in NSW. Can’t recall seeing that very often?
In the second half of this two-part case study we look at a timeline of the Snowy 2.0 project, and discuss the history of mega-projects in the NEM.
A second short article (this one with the benefit of ‘next day public’ data) looking at the whiplash on VIC1-NSW1 on Sunday 18th June 2023.
Have fielded some questions recently, so thought it easiest to include this snapshot from ez2view ‘Bids and Offers’ widget looking back over the past week from now and filtered down specifically to Snowy Hydro’s Valley Power peaking facility in the…
With the benefit of more data available today, can piece together why there was the sudden drop into LOR2 territory on Saturday 1st February 2020 (something that alarmed me, and resulted in AEMO directing a participant to make capacity – just withdrawn – available again).
We take a look at challenges for AEMO in operating the system under the security threats posed by the ongoing bushfires …