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Declaration of electricity market suspension
Declaration of electricity market suspension
AEMO declares the spot market suspended in New South Wales with Market Suspension Schedule Pricing (refer NER clause 3.14.5(b)) from Trading Interval 2015 hrs on 17 March 2023 until further notice.
Dispatch prices for the first one or two dispatch intervals of this market suspension will be reviewed manually.
AEMO has determined that it has become impossible to operate the spot market in accordance with the provisions of the Rules due to ? Failure of SCADA systems in NSW.
Manager NEM Real Time Operation
Updated NSW system normal voltage stability limit
Refer to market notice 105936?
The Murraylink Very Fast Runback (VFRB) scheme was modified to increase the capacity of the network due to the increase in generation in the area. The scheme was changed so Murraylink VFRB could be activated / de-activated depending on the time of day on the monitored 220kV lines in north-west Victoria.?
Transgrid has advised AEMO on a revision to the X5 voltage collapse limit with this change to VFRB. This will now be managed by two limits.?
The following constraint equation changes will be implemented at 0900 hrs on Thursday 16th March 2023:
N^^N_NIL_X5_BEKG (replaces N^^N_NIL_3)
N^^N_NIL_X5_BESH (new)?
For full details on the factors on constraint equations and all the constraint equation changes - these have now been loaded into AEMO's pre-production systems.?
Ben Blake
AEMO Operations
Update to system strength requirements in North Queensland
Refer to market notice 102074
AEMO and Powerlink are continuing to investigate system strength requirements in North Queensland.
Due to commissioning of Kaban wind farm in Far North Queensland, the system normal equations have been revised to include following combinations.
-If Stanwell >=2, Stanwell + Calllide >=3, Gladstone >= 1, Stanwell + Callide + Gladstone >= 7, Kareeya >=0, Haughton Syncon status = ON/OFF, North Queensland load >=250 MW,
Ross+FNQ load >=100 MW, limit Kaban Windfarm to 100% (with Haughton Syncon ON), 0% (with Haughton Syncon Syncon OFF) and no limit to other NQLD Plants.
A revision to the constraint equations will be implemented at 1400 hrs on Wednesday 1st March 2023.
The new combinations have now published in a limits advice document on AEMO's website. For more information refer to the new limits advice: https://www.aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/system-operations/congestion-information-resource/limits-advice
This advice contains all the combinations for Queensland for system normal cases. Additional information has been included in the limit advice to clarify the requirement to disconnect all inverters/turbines under certain system conditions.
The constraint equation in the Q-NIL set of the form below will be modified:
Q_NIL_STRGTH_XXXX
Q_NIL_STRGTH_XXXX_I
AEMO Operations
Changes to Murraylink Very Fast Runback and constraints in Victoria
The Murraylink Very Fast Runback (VFRB) scheme is being modified to increase the capacity of the network due to the increase in generation in the area. The scheme will be changed so Murraylink VFRB can be activated / de-activated depending on the time of day on the monitored 220kV lines in north-west Victoria.
The changes to the scheme will be activated and constraint equaiton modified at 1200hrs Monday 20th February 2023. The following system normal constraint equations will be modified:
V^^V_NIL_KGTS
V^^V_NIL_KGTS_2
V>>SML_NIL_7A
V>>SML_NIL_7B
V>>SML_NIL_7C
V>>V_NIL_13
V>>V_NIL_14
V>>V_NIL_20
V>>V_NIL_21
V>>V_NIL_22
V>>V_NIL_23
V>>V_NIL_24
V>>V_NIL_25
V>>V_NIL_26
V>>V_NIL_26_1
V>>V_NIL_26A
V>>V_NIL_26A_1
For full details on the factors on constraint equations and all the constrint equation changes - these have now been loaded into AEMO's pre-production systems.
Ben Blake
AEMO Operations
Update to system strength requirements in North Queensland
Refer to market notice 101018
AEMO and Powerlink are continuing to investigate system strength requirements in North Queensland.
Due to commissioning of Kaban wind farm in Far North Queensland, the system normal equations have been revised.
A revision to the constraint equations will be implemented at 1530 hrs on Wednesday 5th October 2022.
The new combinations have now published in a limits advice document on AEMO's website. For more information refer to the new limits advice: https://www.aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/system-operations/congestion-information-resource/limits-advice
This advice contains all the combinations for Queensland for system normal cases.
The constraint equation in the Q-NIL set of the form below will be modified:
Q_NIL_STRGTH_XXXX
Q_NIL_STRGTH_XXXX_I
AEMO Operations
New Victorian system normal voltage stability limit
AEMO has identified a new voltage collapse issue in south-west Victoria. The voltage collapse occurs in the south-west region for loss of the Haunted Gully to Moorabool 500 kV line with simultaneous trip of both APD potlines as per Market Notice 91405.
The limit will manage flow towards Moorabool on the cut-set of Haunted Gully to Moorabool and Mortlake to Moorabool 500 kV lines.
The new constraint equation includes generators in south-west Victoria on the left-hand side as well as Heywood interconnector. Full details on the limits advice are to be published on 30th August 2022 on the AEMO website: https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/system-operations/congestion-information-resource/limits-advice
The following constraint equation will be implemented and added to constraint set V-NIL at 1000 hrs on Tuesday 30th August 2022:
V^^V_NIL_SWVIC
For full details on the factors this constraint equation has now been loaded into AEMO's pre-production systems.
For further details on this constraint equation please contact terry.liu@aemo.com.au
Terry Liu
AEMO Operations
Update to Vic to NSW voltage collapse limit
Refer to Market Notice 82819
AEMO has completed a comprehensive review of the system normal voltage stability limit for loss of all APD potlines for flows from Victoria to New South Wales. The revised limit is the result of latest network configuration, comprehensive generation/load patterns, and recent commissioned generators in Victoria and southern NSW which could potentially mean higher transfers into NSW under some generation/load scenarios.
The revised constraint equation includes generators in southern NSW, north-west Victoria and hydro generation at Mt. Beauty on the left-hand side as well as VIC1-NSW1 and Murraylink. Full details on the limits advice are to be published on 18/08/2022 on the AEMO website: https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/system-operations/congestion-information-resource/limits-advice
The constraint is most likely to bind when there is low Vic demands and high transfers to NSW. When it binds it will restrict Vic to NSW transfers and southern NSW units.
This revised limit will be implemented to the following constraint equation at 1000 hrs Thursday 18th August 2022.
V^^N_NIL_1
For further details on this constraint equation please contact terry.liu@aemo.com.au
Terry Liu
AEMO Operations
Update to System strength requirements in North Queensland
Refer to market notice 93841
AEMO and Powerlink are continuing to investigate system strength requirements in North Queensland.
Due to reduced numbers of Gladstone units online, the system normal equations have been revised to include below combination.
-If Stanwell >=2, Stanwell + Calllide >=3, Gladstone >= 1, Stanwell + Callide + Gladstone >= 7, Kareeya >=2, Haughton Syncon status = ON, North Queensland load >=250 MW,
Ross+FNQ load >=100 MW, limit Mt Emerald Windfarm to 80% and no limit to other solar farms.
A revision to the constraint equations will be implemented at 1100 hrs on Tuesday 16th August 2022.
The new combinations will be published in a limits advice document on AEMO's website on Wednesday 17th August 2022.
For more information refer to the new limits advice: https://www.aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/system-operations/congestion-information-resource/limits-advice
This advice contains all the combinations for Queensland for system normal cases.
The constraint equations in the Q-NIL set of the form below will be modified:
Q_NIL_STRGTH_CLRSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_COLSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_DAYSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_HAMSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_HAUSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_HAYSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_KEP
Q_NIL_STRGTH_KIDSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_MEWF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_RUGSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_RRSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_SMSF
Q_NIL_STRGTH_WHTSF
AEMO Operations
Final - Market suspension - FCAS prices
In accordance with Market notices 99065 and 99070, the zero ancillary services prices to TIs 0805 - 0900 on 23 June 2022 for all services in all regions have been replaced with the corresponding ROP values for each TI, service, and region.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations