Eraring Power Station in the news, again … might stay open (even) longer
Briefly recapping some of the news pertaining to Eraring Power Station over the past two days.
Eventful Days
Basslink flows over the past 18 days
Earlier today we posted an article about Tamar Valley CCGT getting a run. We should also have noted about Basslink flows, which we have done here.
Tamar Valley CCGT gets a run (late Monday 11th August 2025)
Monday evening 11th Aug 2025 a ‘unit start’ alert in the ‘Notifications’ widget of ez2view with respect to the TVCC201 unit triggered. We take a look.
Commencement of (testing) operations at Hunter (Kurri Kurri) GT in NSW
We saw first output from the HUNTER1 unit (the first of two at Snowy Hydro's new peaker) on Sunday 27th July 2025. So we're looking a little further, in this article.
Reece Unit 1 returns to service after outage (coincident with fire onsite) … but Unit 2 outage lengthens
On Sunday 3rd Aug 2025 there (appears to have been) a fire at Reece Power Station, and both units tripped. We saw REECE1 return to service Friday evening, but REECE2 looks set for a...
Recapping operations at Waratah BESS (including enablement for SIPS) … to August 2025
The Waratah Super Battery System Integrity Protection Scheme (SIPS) was enabled by TransGrid at last Friday 1st August 2025. This prompts this look back on operations thus far.
Possible Fire at Reece Power Station – units out of service
Following a tip from a WattClarity reader, we take a quick look at a forced outage for both units at the Reece (hydro) Power Station in Tasmania ... possibly related to an apparent fire...
Lower 1-second FCAS volatility continues in SA
A brief article to note the continued impact of the Tailem Bend to Tungkillo line outage on FCAS prices.
NEM-wide wind generation exceeds 10GW for the first time, on Friday evening 25th July 2025
A belated post to note a new all-time record for wind production was broken on Friday evening.
Basslink flows shift since end of agreement on 30th June 2025
An agreement restraining how Basslink is bid into the energy market has ended, resulting in changes in bidding and energy flows.
Volatility within the contingency FCAS market in SA today, Thursday 24th July 2025
A short post to note some price volatility for the 'Lower 1 Sec' contingency FCAS commodity in SA today, with prices flickering between the FCAS price floor and the market price cap.
Suspect SCADA drove data discrepancy on 9th December 2024
The incident description in the scheduling error declaration provides us with a glimpse into the underlying cause.
A quick view into constraints on the Heywood interconnector, on Tuesday 22nd July 2025
A quick view of our congestion map where constraints on the Heywood interconnector may elevate risk of high energy and FCAS prices this week.
Final incident report on the power system incident of 13th February 2024 released
In July 2025 AEMO released the final report into the review of the major power system event of 13 February 2024.
AEMO issue market notice regarding a ‘High Impact Outage’ in NSW this Sunday 20th July 2025
AEMO has flagged a 'High Impact Outage' on the Dapto–Kangaroo Valley line this Sunday, warning of reduced VIC–NSW transfer capacity.
Transgrid’s Project Assessment Conclusions Report for System Strength released on Monday 14th July 2025
Transgrid's Project Assessment Conclusions Report for System Strength assessed more than 100 individual solutions aimed at helping to meet its system strength obligations under the National Electricity Rules.
A look at forecasts for SA this Wednesday evening 9th July 2025, where forecast LOR2 conditions are appearing
A quick look at demand, wind and solar forecasts, along with the constraint invocation schedule in SA for this coming Wednesday, where the AEMO currently have an extended forecast LOR2 condition projected.
Volatile price period runs over 5 hours on 2 July 2025 in SA
If we had been in the previous financial year, the old CPT of $1,573,700 would have been tripped.
Evening spot prices less volatile than anticipated in SA on July 2, 2025
Spot price volatility occurs in SA on 2 July 2025, yet not to the level that risks exceeding the cumulative price threshold.
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.