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Direction - SA region 15/12/2023
Direction - SA region 15/12/2023
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 1450 hrs on 15/12/2023.
Intervention pricing does not apply to this AEMO intervention event.
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Update - Possible intervention to manage power system security in SA region
Update - Possible intervention to manage power system security in SA region
Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 112377
The synchronous generating units currently expected to be synchronised in SA from 0630 hrs 16/12/2023 will be inadequate to maintain a secure operating state in SA .
AEMO estimates that, in the absence of sufficient market response by 1445 hrs 15/12/2023, 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.
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[EventId:202312151235_NRM_NSW1_VIC1_started] NEGRES CONSTRAINT NRM_NSW1_VIC1 started operating from 15 December 2023 12:35
Issued by Australian Energy Market Operator Ltd at 1235 hrs on 15 December 2023
ACTUAL NEGATIVE SETTLEMENT RESIDUES - NSW to VIC - 15 December 2023.
Electricity Market outcomes have resulted in the accumulation of negative settlement residues that have exceeded the allowable negative residue threshold for the NSW to VIC directional interconnector.
The negative residue constraint set NRM_NSW1_VIC1 commenced operating from 1235 hrs on 15 December 2023.
This constraint set contains an equation with the following interconnectors on the LHS:
VIC1-NSW1
The RHS of the constraint equation may be adjusted to manage residues.
This is an AEMO autogenerated Market Notice.
Possible intervention to manage power system security in South Australia (SA) Region
Possible intervention to manage power system security in South Australia (SA) Region
The synchronous generating units currently expected to be synchronised in SA from 0700 hrs 16/12/2023 will be inadequate to maintain sufficient system strength in SA and hence a secure operating state.
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.
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[EventId:202312151200_NRM_NSW1_VIC1_stopped] NEGRES CONSTRAINT NRM_NSW1_VIC1 ceased operating from 15 December 2023 12:00
Issued by Australian Energy Market Operator Ltd at 1200 hrs on 15 December 2023
CANCELLATION - ACTUAL NEGATIVE SETTLEMENT RESIDUES - NSW to VIC - 15 December 2023.
Refer to market notice: 112372
AEMO has ceased taking action to minimize the further accumulation of negative settlement residues on the NSW to VIC directional interconnector.
The negative residue constraint NRM_NSW1_VIC1 ceased operating at 1200 hrs on 15 December 2023.
This is an AEMO autogenerated Market Notice.
Network Augmentation Commissioned - SA Region - 15/12/2023
Network Augmentation Commissioned - SA Region - 15/12/2023
Commissioned:
Bundey 330kV substation, 330kV East Bus and 330kV West Bus.
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[EventId:202312151000_NRM_NSW1_VIC1_started] NEGRES CONSTRAINT NRM_NSW1_VIC1 started operating from 15 December 2023 10:00
Issued by Australian Energy Market Operator Ltd at 1000 hrs on 15 December 2023
ACTUAL NEGATIVE SETTLEMENT RESIDUES - NSW to VIC - 15 December 2023.
Electricity Market outcomes have resulted in the accumulation of negative settlement residues that have exceeded the allowable negative residue threshold for the NSW to VIC directional interconnector.
The negative residue constraint set NRM_NSW1_VIC1 commenced operating from 1000 hrs on 15 December 2023.
This constraint set contains an equation with the following interconnectors on the LHS:
VIC1-NSW1
The RHS of the constraint equation may be adjusted to manage residues.
This is an AEMO autogenerated Market Notice.
STPASA - Update to the Forecast Lack Of Reserve Level 2 (LOR2) in the NSW Region on 19/12/2023
The Forecast LOR2 condition in the NSW region advised in AEMO Electricity Market Notice No. 112317 has been updated at 0900 hrs 15/12/2023 to the following:
From 1430 hrs to 1600 hrs 19/12/2023.
The forecast capacity reserve requirement is 730 MW.
The minimum capacity reserve available is 232 MW.
AEMO is seeking a market response.
AEMO has not yet estimated the latest time it would need to intervene through an AEMO intervention event.
AEMO Operations
ENTERED INTO RERT CONTRACTS
AEMO Intervention Event, Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) - NSW1 Region - 14/12/2023
Refer to AEMO Electricity Market Notice no. 112333.
AEMO has entered into a reserve contract to maintain the power system in a Reliable operating state during the following period of time;
15:30 to 19:30 hrs 14/12/2023
The latest time to activate or dispatch these reserves has now passed. No reserve contracts were activated or pre-activated.
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