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Severe Space Weather Watch Notification 25/03/2024
Severe Space Weather Watch Notification 25/03/2024
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology's Space Weather Forecasting Centre has issued the following notification.
Severe space weather watch: A recent space weather event is anticipated to impact the Earth within the next 48 hours.
The effects are expected to be significant.
Increased awareness of critical infrastructure is advised.
Please monitor the SWS website for further updates at https://www.sws.bom.gov.au
If required; actions will be taken as per AEMO's system operating procedure SO_OP3715 Power System Security Guidelines.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
NON-CONFORMANCE Region VIC1 Sunday, 24 March 2024
NON-CONFORMANCE VIC1 Region Sunday, 24 March 2024
AEMO has declared the following unit as non-conforming under clause 3.8.23 of the National Electricity Rules:
Unit: YWPS4
Duration: 24/03/2024 21:05 to 24/03/2024 21:10
Amount: 58 MW
Constraint: NC-V_YWPS4
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Inter-Regional Transfer limit variation - Directlink - NSW Region
Inter-Regional Transfer limit variation - Directlink - NSW Region
There has been an unplanned outage of the No 3 cable of Directlink.
The following constraint set was invoked at 1640 hrs 24/03/2024
N-MBTE_1
The constraint set contains the following interconnector on the left hand side.
N-Q-MNSP1
Refer AEMO Network Outage Scheduler (NOS) for further details.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update - Non-credible contingency event - SA region - 14/03/2024
Update - Non-credible contingency event - SA region - 14/03/2024
Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 115624
At 1635 hrs the Tungkillo - Robertstown No. 1 275 kV Line and the Tungkillo East 275 kV Bus was returned to service.
The cause of this non-credible contingency event has been identified and AEMO is satisfied that another occurrence of this event is unlikely under the current circumstances.
AEMO will not reclassify this event as a credible contingency event.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Cancellation of a Non-Credible Contingency Event: Tumoulin - Woree No.877 275 kV line and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV line in QLD1 due to Lightning.
Cancellation of reclassification of a Non-Credible Contingency Event as a Credible Contingency Event due to Lightning. AEMO considers the simultaneous trip of the following circuits is no longer reasonably possible. There is no longer any lightning activity in the vicinity of the following lines. Accordingly its classification has reverted to a non-credible contingency event.
Region: QLD1
Lines: Tumoulin - Woree No.877 275 kV and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV
Cancellation time: 24/03/2024 15:49
Constraint set(s) revoked:
NONE
Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 115767
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Cancellation of a Non-Credible Contingency Event: Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7165 132 kV line and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV line in QLD1 due to Lightning.
Cancellation of reclassification of a Non-Credible Contingency Event as a Credible Contingency Event due to Lightning. AEMO considers the simultaneous trip of the following circuits is no longer reasonably possible. There is no longer any lightning activity in the vicinity of the following lines. Accordingly its classification has reverted to a non-credible contingency event.
Region: QLD1
Lines: Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7165 132 kV and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV
Cancellation time: 24/03/2024 15:49
Constraint set(s) revoked:
NONE
Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 115768
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Reclassification of a Non-Credible Contingency Event: Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7165 132 kV line and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV line in QLD1 due to Lightning.
Reclassification of a Non-Credible Contingency Event as a Credible Contingency Event due to Lightning. AEMO considers the simultaneous trip of the following circuits to now be more likely and reasonably possible. Accordingly AEMO has reclassified it as a credible contingency event.
Region: QLD1
Lines: Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7165 132 kV and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV
Duration: 24/03/2024 13:48 until further notice
Constraint set(s) invoked:
NONE
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Reclassification of a Non-Credible Contingency Event: Tumoulin - Woree No.877 275 kV line and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV line in QLD1 due to Lightning.
Reclassification of a Non-Credible Contingency Event as a Credible Contingency Event due to Lightning. AEMO considers the simultaneous trip of the following circuits to now be more likely and reasonably possible. Accordingly AEMO has reclassified it as a credible contingency event.
Region: QLD1
Lines: Tumoulin - Woree No.877 275 kV and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV
Duration: 24/03/2024 13:48 until further notice
Constraint set(s) invoked:
NONE
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Update - Direction - SA Region - 21/03/2024
Update - Direction - SA Region - 21/03/2024
Refer Market Notice 115730
The AEMO intervention event that commenced from interval ending 1550 hrs on 21/03/2024 is continuing.
AEMO may issue or revoke additional directions in order to meet the current requirement, unless sufficient market response is provided. A further market notice will be issued when all directions related to this requirement have been cancelled.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations