UQ’s Richard Bean and Neil Horrocks discuss a project they are involved with that would enable network operators to see household voltage and current data in real time.
A consultation paper (emissions reduction objective in the NEO) has been released, with submissions due 7th Feb 2023.
CS Energy’s Kogan Creek restarted on the morning of Tuesday 20th December 2022.
No change in return-to-service expectation for Callide C3.
A quick note to echo the news from CS Energy that the replacement generator transformer is onsite.
A series of SMS alerts today, whilst I was out-and-about prompted me to take a look at the new low point for Victorian minimum demand on Sunday 18th December 2022.
In light of recent events, Dan Lee does some digging to find historical incidences of islandings and transmission tower failures.
Today (Thu 15th Dec) the AER published their Wholesale electricity market performance report 2022 – their third report in this series.
Today (Thu 15th Dec 2022) the AER released its ‘June 2022: Market events investigation report’, which might be widely read.
Striving to catch up on a couple weeks away, today I’ve tried to piece together the current state of deliberations about the potential (and rushed) implementation of caps on domestic gas and coal prices feeding into the NEM.
Another headline report released in the past couple weeks was the ACCC’s 8th update of its ‘Inquiry into the National Electricity Market’
Three other reports released by AEMO on 1st December 2022 will also make for interesting reading.
A short note to mark the agreed introduction of a “Capacity Investment Scheme” … but not for fossil-fuelled assets.
First day back in the NEM after a break and I see the that the ‘N-RVYS_2’ Constraint Set is contributing to morning price volatility in the NSW region again.
Close to $31.5M of revenue was generated in the FCAS markets in SA over the seven days that the region was frequency separated from the rest of the NEM. This follow-on from Allan O’Neil’s earlier article investigates this final figure.
An email alert notified me of a sudden drop in wind and solar generation (primarily in VIC and SA) at around 3pm this afternoon.
A successful return to service for the Waddamana to Palmerston 220 kV lines following damage sustained during landslides on 14 October 2022.
Last week the AEMO released a preliminary report into the trip of the South East – Tailem Bend 275 kV line that caused SA to be islanded from the rest of the NEM for over a week.
Today the AEMO released a 101-page engineering framework report on the steps required to operate the NEM at 100% instataneous penetrations of renewables.
A rule change increasing the Administered Price Cap from $300/MWh to $600/MWh, submitted by Alinta Energy, has come into effect today.