Thread: Horror heatwave blackout fears for Victoria

Originally Posted by Eevo

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

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

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.

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. 😁

Originally Posted by bob10

But I really hope you are right.

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

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... 😁

Originally Posted by scarry

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

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