Market Notices

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE.

Update - Non-credible contingency event - TAS region - 03/02/2025

Refer AEMO Electricity Market Notice 124043

The cause of this non credible contingency event is not known at this stage.
AEMO is not satisfied that this non credible event is unlikely to re-occur.
AEMO has therefore reclassified this event as a credible contingency event until further notice.

Region: TAS

Elements: Farrell - Reece No.1 and No.2 220 kV lines
Duration: 1410 hrs 03/02/2025 until further notice
Constraint set(s) invoked: F-T-FARE_N-2

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE.

Non-credible contingency event - TAS region - 03/02/2025

At 1333 hrs the Farrell - Reece No.1 and No.2 220 kV lines tripped.

AEMO did not instruct load shedding.

AEMO has not been advised of any disconnection of bulk electrical load.

The cause of this non credible contingency event has been identified and AEMO is satisfied that another occurrence of this event is unlikely under the current circumstances.

The cause of this non credible contingency event is not known at this stage.


Manager NEM Real Time Operations

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.

SA
Adelaide West Terrace (39+ Deg C): 3rd Feb
Clare High School (39+ Deg C): 3rd Feb
Mt Gambier Ap (39+ Deg C): 3rd Feb
Port Augusta Ap (39+ Deg C): 3rd Feb, 4th Feb, 6th Feb

TAS
Launceston Ti Tree Bend (33+ Deg C): 3rd Feb, 4th Feb

VIC
Mildura Ap (39+ Deg C): 4th Feb, 6th Feb

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: CHG0100610

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Completed

Change Type: Normal

Service/Component: Internet Access

Change Title: Planned Maintenance to Brisbane Internet Router

Support Information: Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-regional transfer limit variation - Ararat to Waubra to Ballarat 220 kV line - VIC region - 02/02/2025

At 2138 hrs 02/02/2025 there was an unplanned outage of Ararat to Waubra to Ballarat 220 kV line.

The following constraint set(s) invoked at 2150 hrs 02/02/2025
V-AR_WB_BA

The following constraint set(s) invoked at 2230 hrs 02/02/2025
V-KIAMAL_SC_220CB

This constraint set(s) contains equations with the following interconnectors on the LHS.
V-S-MNSP1,T-V-MNSP1,V-SA,VIC1-NSW1

Refer to the AEMO Network Outage Scheduler for further information.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-regional transfer limit variation - Ararat to Waubra to Ballarat 220 kV line - VIC region - 02/02/2025

At 2138 hrs 02/02/2025 there was an unplanned outage of Ararat to Waubra to Ballarat 220 kV line.

The following constraint set(s) invoked at 2150 hrs 02/02/2025
V-AR_WB_BA

This constraint set(s) contains equations with the following interconnectors on the LHS.
V-S-MNSP1,T-V-MNSP1,V-SA,VIC1-NSW1

Refer to the AEMO Network Outage Scheduler for further information.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-regional transfer limit variation - Armidale - Tamworth No. 86 330 kV Line - NSW region - 01/02/2025

A planned outage of Armidale - Tamworth No. 86 330 kV Line in the NSW region was scheduled to be completed at 1030 hrs 01/02/2025

The outage has been completed by 0835 hrs 01/02/2025

Constraint set(s) invoked:
N-ARTW_86
N-DM_SVC
N-TW_SVC


This constraint set(s) contains equations with the following interconnectors on the LHS.
N-Q-MNSP1
NSW1-QLD1
T-V-MNSP1

Refer to the AEMO Network Outage Scheduler for further information.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

Change Number: CHG0101137

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Local Area Network

Change Title: Planned Maintenance to Norwest Marketnet Site to Site VPN Router

Change Start Date & Time: 04/02/2025 11:00:00 AEST
Change End Date & Time: 04/02/2025 15:00:00 AEST
Outage Start Date & Time:
Outage End Date & Time:

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements: The following impacts are expected to participant connectivity during this planned maintenance:

IPWAN Participants - Nil

Lan-2-Lan VPN Participants (IPSEC) - Nil

B2B VPN - Nil

SSL VPN Participants: Nil

GASHUB: Nil

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 .

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Refer to market notice 123676

There is an opportunity for testing Project Energy Connect (PEC-1) for flows from South Australia to Victoria direction up to 150 MW on 31th January from 11:00hrs to 15:00hrs

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.

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