Horror heatwave blackout fears for Victoria

its a fluid situation.
SA is now net importing power.


sa gen 3,265
sa demand 3,258

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Originally Posted by Eevo

looks like there was load shedding earlier today in SA, about 4pm'ish

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Oh well,looks like all the EV's aren't going to get charged tonight[biggrin]

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Originally Posted by bob10

That reads as Vic is importing from NSW, TAS. and SA. SA is not importing as I read it. I will stand corrected.

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Yep, that’s correct - the eastern states all share power backwards and forwards depending on demand and supply. Nothing untoward overall and only 600 odd meg - the inter connectors can hold many times this level, but Vic does have issues with all Power Stations at the moment - they’re all down at least one unit, so being propped up - and will again all day tomorrow until the change arrives.

Light winds too so output of the wind farms is down too.

I don’t want the power to go off as the Aussies are finally doing quite well in the Cricket. 😁

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Originally Posted by bob10

But I really hope you are right.

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i would be a very good firefighter or fire weather observer otherwise [biggrin]

Currently 41 here, so only doing a bit outside between between breaks inside. As it turns out, 40 plus temps are ideal to bend acrylic in - still need the heat gun but nowhere near as much. 😊

Oh - and heatwave? Please - 2 hot days then back to high 20’s. Overall I’d say Summer so far has been a bit of a fizzer here in Melbourne.

Back outside now, need to clean the back of the Ute out and faff around in the garage until I need another icy pole. 😁

load shedding in vic

Customer load shedding of non-interruptible load is occurring in the Vic region as a result of a shortfall of available capacity reserves.

not sure what happened but 26,000 houses without power in SA

Take a look at what the outlook is for the rest of Thursday... 😁

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Originally Posted by scarry

Oh well,looks like all the EV's aren't going to get charged tonight[biggrin]

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Mine is charging as we speak. No Load shedding here, thanks to the Yarrawonga Hydro Station . :)


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Originally Posted by Homestar

Take a look at what the outlook is for the rest of Thursday... 😁

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I bet the fridgies are busy.....

Actually, here, we haven't yet had a day over 34 degrees,but the humidity has been horrendous.

And doesn't look like its going to be over 33 for the next week or so.

A mate of mine,who lives near Roma, sent a pic of his mercury thermometer on his veranda,a week ago,it was on 48 degrees.[bigsad]