The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has today released its 2018/19 summer readiness report which highlights the plans and actions both AEMO and the industry have taken to prepare Australia’s power system for the summer ahead.
electricity, national electricity market, weather, summer, media release, Victoria, South Australia, Audrey ZibelmanThe Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has today released its 2017/18 summer readiness report, which outlines all actions taken to best prepare the National Electricity Market to meet your energy consumer requirements.
summer, reportThe Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has announced it has called on Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) providers to be on standby this afternoon to deliver contingency support if required to provide additional supply across Victoria and South Australia.
Audrey Zibelman, South Australia, Victoria, reportEvery year, AEMO works closely with governments and the energy sector to prepare for the summer peak demand period. Damien Sanford is responsible for managing Australia’s electricity and gas operations and explains how AEMO has moved early to prepare for summer following last year’s blackouts in South Australia and the closure of Hazelwood power station in Victoria.
summer, energy security, distribution, generation, peak demandAEMO has entered into agreements with large electricity users, retailers and generators to secure a total of 1,150 megawatts of strategic reserves across Victoria and South Australia that we can call on in emergencies e.g. multi-day heatwave events occurring concurrently across both South Australia and Victoria through the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) process.
South Australia, Victoria, electricity, peak demandAEMO has teamed up with ARENA in a trial to provide emergency energy reserves for extreme peaks.
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