Market Notices

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

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: 24/01/2025 21:50 until further notice

Constraint set(s) invoked:
NONE

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AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

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: 24/01/2025 21:49 until further notice

Constraint set(s) invoked:
NONE

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AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Refer to market notice 117923

There is an opportunity for testing QNI Minor for flows from NSW to Qld up to 850 MW on Saturday 25th January 2025 from 1330 to 1530hrs.

This test includes switching of transmission lines in New South Wales and/or Queensland regions.

Please also refer to the published formal QNI minor testing information at the following link:
https://www.aemo.com.au/consultations/current-and-closed-consultations/qld-to-nsw-interconnector-qni-upgrade

Ben Blake
AEMO Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Refer to market notice 122115

There is an opportunity for testing Project Energy Connect (PEC-1) for flows from Victoria to South Australia direction up to 150 MW on 25th January from 01:00hrs to 03:00hrs

This test includes switching of transmission lines and reactive plant in South Australia and in New South Wales.

Please also refer to the published formal PEC Stage 1 and HIC capacity release testing information at the following link https://aemo.com.au/-/media/files/stakeholder_consultation/consultations/nem-consultations/2023/project-energyconnect-stage-1-and-hic-capacity-release/pec-stage-1-and-hic---final-test-program.pdf?la=en.

Ben Blake
AEMO Operations

Change Number: CHG0100610
Notification issued to: Market Notice
Notification Type: Initial
Change Type: Normal
Service/ Component: Internet Access
Change Title: Planned Maintenance to Brisbane Internet Router
Change Start Date & Time: 01/02/2025 11:00:57 AEST
Change End Date & Time: 01/02/2025 13:00:57 AEST
Outage Start Date & Time: 01/02/2025 11:00:31 AEST
Outage End Date & Time: 01/02/2025 13:00:31 AEST
Environment: Production
Participant Impact and Requirements: The following impacts are expected to participant connectivity during this planned outage:

IPWAN Participants - Nil

Lan-2-Lan VPN Participants (IPSEC) - Up to 1 Hour outage for participants who have established their VPN connection/s via the AEMO QLD datacenter termination point (202.44.76.10 for Policy Based VPN and 202.44.76.12 for Route Based VPN) only - All L2L connections should be established to both QLD / NSW.

B2B VPN - Up to 1 hour outage to TNSPs with B2B VPN to AEMO QLD Datacentre if VPN connection is only terminating in QLD only.

SSL VPN Participants: None expected as DNS entry will be updated to remove QLD IP.

GASHUB: Nil

Note: Participants are encouraged to ensure their VPN connections are already established or are configured (as per AEMO best practice) to automatically failover to the alternate AEMO NSW datacenter termination point 202.44.78.10 for Policy Based VPN and 202.44.78.12 for Route Based VPN) prior to this scheduled outage.

*** Failure to do so will impact connectivity to Marketnet Services. ***

Other Impacts will have been communicated in advance.
Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or call 1300 236 600.
Please refer to https://aemo.service-now.com/participantportal?id=pp_services_status for any
planned/unplanned maintenance activities .

Change Number: CHG0100719
Notification issued to: Market Notice
Notification Type: Initial
Change Type: Normal
Service/ Component: EMMS - Dispatch
Change Title: Participant FTP File Server Maintenance
Change Start Date & Time: 29/01/2025 10:00:00 AEST
Change End Date & Time: 29/01/2025 11:00:00 AEST
Outage Start Date & Time: 29/01/2025 10:15:00 AEST
Outage End Date & Time: 29/01/2025 10:15:30 AEST
Environment: Production
Participant Impact and Requirements: All external participants will be briefly disconnected (up to 30 seconds) and then automatically reconnected.
Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or call 1300 236 600.
Please refer to https://aemo.service-now.com/participantportal?id=pp_services_status for any
planned/unplanned maintenance activities .

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

AEMO's weather service provider has issued forecast temperatures equal to or greater than the NEM Local Temperature Alert Levels for listed weather stations below.

QLD
Dalby Ap (37+ Deg C): 24th Jan
Rockhampton Ap (39+ Deg C): 24th Jan

SA
Port Augusta Ap (39+ Deg C): 26th Jan, 27th Jan

VIC
Latrobe Valley Ap (39+ Deg C): 27th Jan
Melbourne Olympic Park (39+ Deg C): 27th Jan
Mildura Ap (39+ Deg C): 27th Jan

The NEM Local Temperature Alert Levels are:

Launceston Ti Tree Bend: 33 Deg C, Dalby Airport: 37 Deg C, for all other selected weather stations: 39 Deg C.

AEMO requests Market Participants to:

1. review the weather forecast in the local area where their generating units / MNSP converter stations are located and,

2. if required, update the available capacity in their dispatch offers or availability submissions consistent with the forecast temperatures.

Further information is available at:

https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/nem-forecasting-and-planning/forecasting-and-reliability/projected-assessment-of-system-adequacy/nem-local-temperature-alerts

AEMO Operations Planning

Change Number: CHG0100766
Notification issued to: Market Notice
Notification Type: Completed
Change Type: Normal
Service/Component: Local Area Network
Change Title: Planned Maintenance to Brisbane ISE Server
Support Information: Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

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: NSW1

Lines: Bannaby - Mt Piper 5A6 500kV and Bannaby - Mt Piper 5A7 500kV

Cancellation time: 24/01/2025 01:59

Constraint set(s) revoked:
N-5A6+5A7_N-2 Constraint set contains the following interconnector(s) on the left hand side:
N-Q-MNSP1
NSW1-QLD1
VIC1-NSW1


Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 123642

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