Latest MT PASA modelling results show no Low Reserve Conditions
The latest MT PASA results, published today (Tuesday 6th October 2026) show no Low Reserve Conditions forecast.
Market Operations
Loopy – or not?
Guest author, Allan O'Neil takes a look at one particular dispatch interval (09:20 on Sunday morning 4th October 2026) to explore an instance of counter-priced flow incorporating the South Australian and neighbouring regions (including via PEC Stage 2).
A more staggered (and much longer) return-to-service path for the destroyed Tungatinah Power Station
Given that the fire onsite ‘destroyed Tungatinah Power Station’ (to quote Hydro Tasmania) it will surprise noone that today (Mon 5th Oct 2026) Hydro Tasmania has updated the MT PASA DUID Availability data for the station to show a more staggered (and much longer) return-to-service...
A voltage dip (and a spike) in Victoria (coincident with the trip of Loy Yang A1) at 03:58 on 7th September 2026
We’ve already written 3 articles about the earlier-than-expected start to the long (mostly) planned outage of Loy Yang A1 early in the morning of Monday 7th September 2026. In this article (part 4 in the series) we take a first look at widespread voltage fluctuations.
Two curiosities about upcoming outages at Eraring Power Station
A short article for Monday 5th October 2026, with this snapshot from two widgets in ez2view highlighting two points that spiked my interest in Origin’s Eraring Power Station, in the coming weeks
A trend of MacIntyre Wind Farm daily stats, over more than 2 years
An article on RenewEconomy (with respect to MacIntyre Wind Farm construction/commissioning delays) prompts us to have a look, over the past 26 months to 4th October 2026.
AEMO notes ‘Release of Heywood limit from SA to Victoria’ on Friday 2nd October 2026
It’s worth noting that AEMO published MN145449 at 12:37 on Friday 2nd October 2026 to report on other developments on the other main link into South Australia
Expanded SRES (from 100kW to 1MW) eligibility goes live today (Thursday 1st October 2026)
On Thursday 1st October 2026, energy minister (Chris Bowen) notes that the expansion to the SRES scheme (from 100kW to 1MW) goes live today.
An initial look at the current testing schedule, for NSW1-SA1
I thought this was worth a separate post – given that the focus is much longer-dated testing schedule (current plan) for Project Energy Connect.
Project Energy Connect goes live today (Thursday 1st October 2026)
Today is Thursday 1st October 2026 which means that there are a number of milestones achieved today with respect to the NEM – including Project Energy Connect going live.
PEC Stage 2 appearing in predispatch
Yesterday (Tue 29th Sept 2026) we saw a little of PEC Stage 2 in predispatch. Today (Wed 30th Sept 2026) we saw more.
AEMO (briefly) directs Powerlink to disconnect Mt Emerald Wind Farm for System Strength reasons – Tue 29th September 2026
The need for AEMO to issue a Direction today (Tuesday 29th September 2026) to disconnect MEWF for System Strength, even if for just a limited period, makes this event noteworthy.
Pre-PEC gremlins strike … AEMO notes ‘Suspect Lack Of Reserve Level 3 (LOR3) in the SA Region on 01/10/2026’
It was spurious, but worth noting that the AEMO published MN145396 at 13:10 (NEM time) on Tuesday - noting forecast LOR3 (load shedding) in South Australia on Thursday morning (1st October 2026).
Waratah BESS commences full commercial operations
We’re not the only ones who noticed Akaysha Energy’s announcement yesterday (Monday 28th September 2026) that ‘Waratah Super Battery reaches final commercial operations’.
It’s 10 years on, since the SA System Black
It’s Monday 28th September 2026, which means we’ve just clocked over 10 years since the SA System Black event (on Wednesday 28th September 2016). Like a number of others have done, here’s our short WattClarity® note to commemorate this.
PEC Stage 2 enters the ST timeframe
That 1st of October date for go-live is now inside the ‘ST’ (short term) time horizon. As such, we are seeing the new NSW to SA interconnector included in ST-PASA results.
About the short (planned) outage at Tarong unit 2 on Monday 21st September 2026
Yesterday we were involved in a discussion with others about what happened at Tarong unit 2 on Monday 21st September 2026. So we take a short look.
New ‘lowest ever’ point for NEMwide ‘Market Demand’ on Sunday 20th September 2026
The new ‘lowest ever’ point for 'Market Demand' was down at 9,072MW as Target ‘Market Demand’ for the 12:55 dispatch interval yesterday (Sunday 20th September 2026).
Templers BESS underway again, in a post-Zen world
A pre-configured alert from ez2view notified us via the Mobile App that the Templers BESS had come to life again, on Friday 18th September 2026.
A (minor) drop in System Frequency, with trip of Loy Yang A1 at 03:58 on Monday 7th September 2026
In this article we take the AEMO’s 4-second data and present this trace to start a broader sweep of system effects:, starting with System Frequency following trip of Loy Yang A1 near 4am on Monday 7th September 2026.