Market Notices

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

AEMO will increase the Heywood test limit from SA to Vic (from the current 550 MW) to 600 MW today to conduct internetwork testing on Heywood.

The following constraint sets will be revoked once the testing criteria met:
I-SV_HEY_550_TEST

The following constraint sets will be invoked:
I-SV_HEY_600_TEST

AEMO will revert the Heywood test limit back to 550 MW once the test has completed while the test result being analysed.

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.

Terry Liu
AEMO Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-regional transfer limit variation - Heywood M1 500/275kV XFMR - VIC region - 29/05/2026

A planned outage of Heywood M1 500/275kV XFMR in the VIC region was scheduled from 1100 hrs 25/05/2026 to 1800 hrs 29/05/2026.

The outage has been completed and Heywood M1 500/275kV XFMR returned to service at 0920 hrs 29/05/2026

Constraint set(s) revoked: V-HYTX_M12

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

Refer to Market Notice 134696

AEMO has now completed the production of the Murraylink dynamic rating forecast model and the forecasting performance has been satisfactory during the test. AEMO will be enabling the pre-dispatch and PASA formulation using the Murraylink dynamic rating forecast on the following two constraint equations at 1000 hrs on Wednesday 27th May 2026.

VSML_RAT_LIM_DYN
SVML_RAT_LIM_DYN

For full details on the formulation, the updated constraint equations have now been loaded into AEMO's pre-production systems.

Terry Liu
AEMO Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-regional transfer limit variation - Koorangie to Wemen 220 kV Line - VIC region - 25/05/2026

At 1130 hrs 25/05/2026 there was a short notice outage of Koorangie to Wemen 220 kV Line.

The following constraint set(s) invoked at 1130 hrs 25/05/2026
V-KOWE

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 - Tailem Bend 275 kV East Bus - SA region - 24/05/2026

At 1250 hrs 24/05/2026 there was a short notice outage of Tailem Bend 275 kV East Bus.

The following constraint set(s) invoked at 1250 hrs 24/05/2026
S-TB275_E_BUS

This constraint set(s) contains equations with the following interconnectors on the LHS.
V-SA

Refer to the AEMO Network Outage Scheduler for further information.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-regional transfer limit variation - South Morang F2 500/330kV XFMR - VIC region - 20/05/2026

The outage has been rescheduled for 0630 hrs 18/05/2026 to 1700 hrs 22/05/2026.

Constraint set(s) invoked: V-SMTX_F_R

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

Refer to the AEMO Network Outage Scheduler for further information.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-Regional Transfer limit variation - Murraylink

There has been an unplanned outage of Murraylink.

The following constraint set was invoked at 1300 hrs 17/05/2026

I-ML_ZERO

The constraint set contains the following interconnector on the left hand side.

V-S-MNSP1

Refer to AEMO Network Outage Scheduler (NOS) for further details.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-Regional Transfer limit variation - Murraylink

There has been an unplanned outage of Murraylink.

The following constraint set was invoked at 0145 hrs 17/05/2026

I-ML_ZERO

The constraint set contains the following interconnector on the left hand side.

V-S-MNSP1

Refer to AEMO Network Outage Scheduler (NOS) for further details.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Inter-regional transfer limit variation - Murraylink Redcliffs Convertor station - VIC region - 16/05/2026

At 2045 hrs 16/05/2026 there was a short notice outage of Murraylink Redcliffs Convertor station.

The following constraint set(s) invoked at 2045 hrs 16/05/2026
I-MURRAYLINK

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

Refer to the AEMO Network Outage Scheduler for further information.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations