Trip of Townsville South 132 kV Busbar on 13 October 2009
At 13:05 hrs on 13 October 2009, Townsville South (T56) 132 kV No.1 busbar tripped. The trip occurred due to a fault in an item of equipment connected to No.1 busbar. There was a reduction in load supplied from T56 substation of approximately 100 MW. Mt. Stuart generating units were not in service at the time of this incident.
This report has been prepared under clause 4.8.15 of the National Electricity Rules to assess the adequacy of the provision and response of facilities & services and the appropriateness of actions taken to restore or maintain power system security.
Information for this report has been supplied to AEMO by Powerlink. Data from AEMO’s Energy Management System has also been used in analysing the event.
For enquires relating to this event please contact Jimmy Patel, Electricity System Operations Planning and Performance
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