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NEM Local Temperature Alerts for SA from 14 Oct 2024 to 18 Oct 2024
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.
SA
Port Augusta Ap (39+ Deg C): 17th Oct
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
Heywood testing (SA to Vic) 11th October 2024
There is an opportunity for testing Heywood Interconnector (HIC) flow from South Australia to Victoria above 450MW and Victoria to South Australia above 450MW on 11th October from 8:00hrs to 19:00hrs
This test includes a trip and reclose of a line in South Australia.
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
Managing outages that create a credible risk of SA islanding
From 9th Oct 2024 AEMO will change constraints used during outages that create a credible risk of SA islanding.
From this date AEMO will:
1) Increase the maximum allowable flow on the V-SA interconnector from 50 MW to 250 MW in the VIC to SA direction, where the transmission outages is a planned outage.
2) Operate the SA region to the default 49-51 Hz target frequency containment band following a contingency event resulting in actual SA islanding. In order to meet this requirement, AEMO may now procure Contingency Raise FCAS locally from the SA region during these outages.
These changes reflect updated advice received by AEMO from the SA Jurisdictional System Security Coordinator.
The first network outage affected by this change is planned for 14th October 2024.
Andrew Groom
AEMO Operations
Heywood testing (SA to Vic) 30th September 2024
There is an opportunity for testing Heywood Interconnector (HIC) flow from South Australia to Victoria above 450MW and Victoria to South Australia above 450MW on 30th September from 9:00hrs to 17:00hrs
This test includes a trip and reclose of a line in South Australia.
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
Network Augmentation Commissioned - NSW Region - 27/09/2024
A network augmentation has been commissioned in the NSW region at 2150 hrs 27/09/2024 as follows:
Walla Walla substation has been cut into the existing Wagga - Jinderra (62) 330 kV line to form the following circuits:
Jinderra - Walla Walla 62 330 kV Transmission Line
Walla Walla - Wagga 6Y 330 kV Transmission Line
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Network Augmentation Commissioned - NSW Region - 24/09/2024
Network Augmentation Commissioned - NSW Region - 24/09/2024
At 1535 hrs Buronga - Redcliffs X1 220 kV line has been commissioned.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update - Lightning vulnerable lines in TAS region
Update - Lightning vulnerable lines in TAS region
Refer to AEMO Electricity Market Notice 118320 ,118321, 118322
At 1340 hrs 19/09/2024 the Gordon - Chapel St No 1 220 kV line and the Gordon - Chapel St No 2 220 kV line tripped.
The cause of the trip was identified as due to Lightning.
In accordance with SO_OP_3715, AEMO now considers the Gordon - Chapel St No 1 220 kV line and the Gordon - Chapel St No 2 220 kV line to be vulnerable with a category of Vulnerability due to Lightning.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update to system normal constraint equation in NSW for transient voltage stability in south-west NSW
Refer to market notice 92840.
Transgrid has advised AEMO of an update to the transient voltage stability limit in south-west NSW for loss of Darlington Point to Wagga (63) 330 kV line. The limit will include terms for the Darlington Point and Riverina BESS.
The following constraint equation will be updated with the above changes at 1100 hrs Friday 20th September 2024.
N::N_NIL_63
For full details on the formulation, the new constraint equation has now been loaded into AEMO's pre-production systems.
For further details on these constraint equation please contact ben.blake@aemo.com.au
Ben Blake
AEMO Operations
Update - Non-credible contingency event - TAS region - 19/09/2024
Update - Non-credible contingency event - TAS region - 19/09/2024
Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 118321
At 1446 hrs the Gordon - Chapel St No 1 and No 2 220 kV lines were returned to service.
This non-credible contingency event was caused by lightning. 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.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations