The return to service of Callide B2 and C4 in October 2025, following storm issues
Following this update on LinkedIn from CS Energy on Thursday 30th October 2025, we summarise outages at Callide B2 (two outages) and Callide C4 (one outage).
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More than 40,000 customers without power in NSW on Wednesday 2nd July 2025 after wild weather overnight
Wild storms over night have impacted parts of the Ausgrid, Endeavour and Essential Energy distribution networks in NSW.
Ausgrid report that 140,000 customers in NSW were impacted or lost power last night Jan 15th 2025 .. Part 7
Ausgrid have published a statement this morning that 140,000 customers and 50,000 homes and business either lost power or had their electricity impacted during yesterday's thunderstorms in NSW.
Riding the roller-coaster in South Australia (on Thursday 17th October 2024)
A second article about some 'interesting' market events in South Australia on Thursday 17th October 2024.
High impact weather lashes Victoria, igniting fires and leaving 500,000 without power
Weatherzone meteorologist, Ben Domensino, reports on the extent of the severe weather conditions across Victoria yesterday.
Storm from passing Moorabool at time of transmission line trip – on Tuesday 13th February 2024
Third short article about Tuesday 13th February 2024 that copies in a snapshot of the BOM Radar Loop for Melbourne approx 11 minutes after the trip of the Moorabool Sydenham No1 and No2 500...
Run of extreme prices in the SA region on Friday 8th December 2023
Prices in SA have spiked to close to the market cap and remained elevated, following the invocation of the 'I-VS_250' constraint set due to extreme weather conditions.
Thunderstorms in South Australia impact ~30,000 electricity customers on Tuesday 28th November 2023
Thunderstorms impacted parts of South Australia electricity system in the early hours of Tuesday morning, with two syncons tripping and around 30,000 customers experiencing outages.
Why the Adelaide storm was so intense
Ant Sharwood of Weatherzone provides some insights into the intensity of last weekend's thunderstorms in South Australia, which had severe impacts on the state's transmission network.
A quick review of the sequence of events in SA immediately around the islanding on Saturday 12th November 2022
Fifth article for Monday 14th November 2022 ... taking a quick initial look at the sequence of events immediately around the islanding in South Australia on Saturday 12th November 2022.
4.2 million lightning strikes during wild weekend storms in Australia
A weekend of prolific thunderstorms had a significant impact on the NEM. Ben Domensino of Weatherzone reports on the 4.2 million+ lightning strikes that were detected across the country on Saturday and Sunday.