Weird and wacky (erroneous?) transmission transfer limits for VIC1-NSW1 and Basslink on Tuesday 13th February 2024
A short article to record a question from a client that we did not have time to investigate further today.
A short article to record a question from a client that we did not have time to investigate further today.
The Department of Energy* in Victoria confirms that six towers have been downed, on Tuesday 13th February 2024
In amongst the frenetic challenges in Victoria today, the Callide B1 unit (in QLD) tripped ... probably unrelated to the VIC activity.
A photo of downed transmission towers near Geelong, reported in ABC News' blog, was observed on 13 February 2024.
A chronological record of the (directed) load shedding in Victoria on Tuesday afternoon 13th February 2024
At 16:13:14 the AEMO published Market Notice 114643 about Hazelwood transformers
About 3 hours after it tripped offline (due to transmission outage?) the Loy Yang A2 unit is making its way back online.
it's not just Victoria experiencing issues ... Market Notice 114642 published at 16:14 highlights issues in Tasmania
A tweet from Powercor shows distribution lines down, on Tue 13th Feb 2024 ... no doubt also elsewhere as well.
At 15:06 AEMO reported *rumours* of transmission towers on the ground in Victoria. Constraint Set data at 15:45 suggests these rumours are not (yet?) confirmed.
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