Market Notices

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE.

Direction - SA region 21/02/2024

In accordance with section 116 of the National Electricity Law, AEMO has issued a direction to a participant in the SA region. For the purposes of the National Electricity Rules this is a direction under clause 4.8.9(a).

The direction was necessary to maintain the power system in a secure operating state.

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.

The issue of the direction commences an AEMO intervention event. AEMO declares all trading intervals during the event to be intervention trading intervals, commencing from the interval ending 1635 hrs on 21/02/2024.

Intervention pricing does not apply to this AEMO intervention event.

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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: Strathmore - Clare South No.7208 132 kV and Strathmore - Clare South tee King Creek No.7128 132 kV

Duration: 21/02/2024 15:49 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: Strathmore - Clare South No.7208 132 kV and Strathmore - Clare South tee King Creek No.7128 132 kV

Duration: 21/02/2024 15:49 until further notice

Constraint set(s) invoked:
NONE

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AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Update - Possible intervention to manage power system security in SA region

Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 114916

The synchronous generating units currently expected to be synchronised in SA from 0700 hrs 22/02/2024 will be inadequate to maintain a secure operating state in SA .

AEMO estimates that, in the absence of sufficient market response by 1630 hrs 21/02/2024, AEMO may need to intervene by issuing a direction requiring one or more SA synchronous generating unit(s) to operate or remain synchronised to maintain power system security in SA.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Possible intervention to manage power system security in SA Region

The synchronous generating units currently expected to be synchronised in SA from 0800 hrs 22/02/2024 will be inadequate to maintain a secure operating state in SA.
AEMO may need to intervene by issuing a direction requiring one or more SA synchronous generating unit(s) to operate or remain synchronised to maintain power system security in SA.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE.

Cancellation of the 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: TAS

Lines: Norwood - Scottsdale and Norwood - Scottsdale - Derby 110kV lines

Cancellation time: 21/02/2024 05:35 hrs
Constraint set(s) revoked: Nil

Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 114910

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

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: TAS

Lines: Norwood - Scottsdale and Norwood - Scottsdale - Derby 110kV lines

Duration: 21/02/2024 02:03 until further notice
Constraint set(s) invoked: Nil

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

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: VIC1

Lines: Eildon PS - Mt Beauty No.1 220 kV and Eildon PS - Mt Beauty No.2 220 kV

Cancellation time: 20/02/2024 23:39

Constraint set(s) revoked:
NONE

Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 114908

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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: VIC1

Lines: Eildon PS - Mt Beauty No.1 220 kV and Eildon PS - Mt Beauty No.2 220 kV

Duration: 20/02/2024 18:35 until further notice

Constraint set(s) invoked:
NONE

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