Using the ElectraNet 2024 TAPR to locate the lines with unplanned outage (on Thursday evening 17th October 2024)
Second article for Thursday evening 17th October 2024, about unplanned network outages (in severe weather) in South Australia.
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Destructive Winds disrupt (and damage) transmission network in South Australia on Thursday (evening) 17th October 2024
On Thursday evening 17th October 2024, a significant weather event in South Australia has damaged the high-voltage network in SA Far North (and power supply has been impacted).
Seven transmission towers collapse near Broken Hill overnight
ABC Broken Hill has reported that seven transmission towers collapsed south of the town overnight due to strong winds and hail.
Also some gyrations in NEM Mainland Frequency, on Thursday 17th October 2024.
To provide some more colour about what’s been happening on Thursday 17th October 2024, here’s a snapshot of NEM Mainland frequency at 15:07 (NEM time) looking back only 15 minutes.
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.
Spot price volatility in South Australia on Thursday (morning) 17th October 2024
The spot price has been bouncing around in South Australia this morning (Thu 17th Oct). Here's a short record.
Small drop in NEM Mainland Frequency with Stanwell Unit 3 offline
A quick look at a small drop in frequency seen on Wednesday 16th October 2024.
So long solo solar, and hi hybrids?
A summary of the key challenges facing standalone solar and wind farms over the past several years, along with discussion and thoughts about whether new rules surrounding hybrids systems will address these.
A clarification, about those instances of (potential or actual) disconnection of distributed/rooftop PV
On Thursday 10th October 2024, we published ‘What happened with System Load in VIC on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September 2024?’ and, in doing so, listed some times when rooftop PV was disconnected...
AEMO cancels MSL1 warning for Victoria on Saturday 12th October 2024
At 12:53 on Saturday 12th Oct 2024 AEMO published MN118817 cancelling the MSL1 warning for Victoria.
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Triple C conditions (cold, calm and cloudy) across the NEM last Thursday evening 26th June 2025
Carl Daley examines the underlying conditions and outcomes that occurred last Thursday evening, the 26th of June.
We need more research on storage trading
In this guest post, Greg Williams calls for more research into how storage bidding—particularly auto-rebidding—is reshaping price formation and competition as flexible assets take centre stage in the NEM.
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