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Non-credible contingency event - Qld Region - 03/02/2023
Non-credible contingency event - Qld Region - 03/02/2023
At 1722 hrs 03/02/2023 the Kareeya Power Station Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 4 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.
AEMO will not reclassify this event as a credible contingency event.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update - Non-credible contingency event - Vic region - 11/12/2022
Update - Non-credible contingency event - Vic region - 11/12/2022
Refer AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE 104353
At 1157 hrs the Kerang - Wemen - Red Cliffs 220 kV Line and the Kiamal Solar Farm STX transformer (Kiamal synchronous condenser) tripped.
AEMO did not instruct load shedding.
AEMO has been advised of disconnection of bulk electrical load (27 MW)
The cause of this non credible contingency event is not known at this stage.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Non-credible contingency event - Vic region - 11/12/2022
Non-credible contingency event - Vic region - 11/12/2022
At 1157 hrs the Kerang - Wemen - Red Cliffs 220 kV Line and the Kiamal Solar Farm STX transformer (Kiamal synchronous condenser) tripped.
AEMO did not instruct load shedding.
AEMO is still waiting to be advised of any disconnection of bulk electrical load.
The cause of this non credible contingency event is not known at this stage.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update - Vulnerable lines in Qld region
Update - Lightning vulnerable lines in Qld region
Refer to AEMO Electricity Market Notice 103958 and 103959
At 1913 hrs Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7165 132 kV and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV Lines tripped and auto-reclosed.
The cause of the trip was identified as due to lightning.
In accordance with SO_OP_3715, AEMO now considers the Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7165 132 kV and Chalumbin - Turkinje No.7166 132 kV lines to be vulnerable with a category of probable due to lightning.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Non-credible contingency event - Qld region - 25/11/2022
Non-credible contingency event - Qld region - 25/11/2022
At 1913 hrs the Chalumbin - Turkinje 7165 and 7166 132 kV Lines tripped and auto-reclosed.
AEMO did not instruct load shedding.
Approximately 75 MW of load was interrupted during the auto-reclose time.
The cause of this non credible contingency event is not known at this stage.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update - Non-credible contingency event - SA region - 12/11/2022
Update - Non-credible contingency event - SA region - 12/11/2022
Refer AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE 103066
At 1803 hrs 19/11/2022, Tailem Bend - South East No 1 275 kV Line was returned to service.
At 1805 hrs 23/11/2022, Tailem Bend - South East No 2 275kV Line was returned to service.
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.
AEMO will not reclassify this event as a credible contingency event.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update - Significant power system event - 12/11/2022
Update - Significant power system event - 12/11/2022
Refer AEMO Electricity Notice 103067
At 1803 hrs 19/11/2022, Tailem Bend - South East No 1 275 kV Line was returned to service
South Australia is now re-synchronised with the Eastern NEM.
The following constraints sets have been revoked at 1840 hrs;
SA_ESTN_LG_ISLE
SA_ISLE_LB_FFR_ZERO
F-SA_ESTN_ISLE_REG
S-X_BC_CP
Refer to AEMO Network Outage Schedule for further information.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Non-credible contingency event - Vic region - 16/11/2022
Non-credible contingency event - Vic region - 16/11/2022
At 1049 hrs the Newport - Brooklyn 220 kV Line tripped at Newport and Newport No1 220 kV Bus 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.
AEMO will not reclassify this event as a credible contingency event.
At 1109 hrs Line and Bus restored
Manager NEM Real Time Operations
Update - Significant power system event - 12/11/2022
Update - Significant power system event - 12/11/2022
Refer AEMO Electricity Notice 103064
At 1639 hrs 12/11/2022 a significant power system event occurred.
Description of event - Multiple tripping of transmission lines
Transmission element(s) tripped - Tailem Bend - South East 275 kV No 1 and 2 Lines
Region - SA
Identified islands formed as a result of this contingency event - SA and Eastern NEM
AEMO has been advised that the Tailem Bend - South East No 1 and 2 Lines will remain out of service until 1700 hrs 18/11/2022.
Refer to AEMO Network Outage Schedule for further information.
Manager NEM Real Time Operations