Essay by Eric Worrall
h / t Phil Salmon; Will no one turn on the solar panels?
Entire suburbs of Sydney in darkness as power cuts more
Suburbs around Sydney were left without power on Monday night, as officials warned there could be more power outages en route.
Homes in Beacon Hill, Frenchs Forest, Narraweena, Cromer and Dee Why are all temporarily without power, Ausgrid said.
Queenslanders were warned they were at risk of a significant power outage between 5:30pm and 8pm on Monday, but they were able to avoid the blackout.
Meanwhile, NSW is on high alert from 7pm on Tuesday due to forecast supply shortages.
The outage came as Federal Energy Secretary Chris Bowen warned the system was “under a lot of pressure” and said households should “prepare for a bumpy period to come”.
“In terms of the immediate situation, it is being managed very actively,” said Bowen dawn on Tuesday morning.
“We were trying to avoid any outages or blackouts in Queensland last night.
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Government regulator AEMO explains that the shortage is caused by greedy power plant operators refusing to supply electricity at a lower cost.
Power companies accused of ‘unconscionable conduct’ as they pulled off the grid
Via Mike Foley
June 14, 2022 – 3.43pmGenerators are exploiting the chaotic energy market by pulling power supplies off the grid and waiting until strict regulations are in place to prevent blackouts, forcing the energy market operator had to direct them to lay off their factories and make profitable compensations.
There is no law to stop power companies from pulling power generation from the market, and in the past two days they have reduced 2 gigawatts in Victoria, 3 gigawatts in NSW and 1.5 gigawatts in Queensland.
The withdrawal was driven by the Australian Energy Markets Authority (AEMO) decision to place a cap on the price of a spiraling rise. that generators are charging wholesale electricity, which has slashed profit margins for some generators, which are facing soaring coal prices due to sanctions on their exports. Russia.
But the electricity market is tightly regulated and AEMO has powers, designed to prevent blackouts, to force generators to start up units and start supplying power to the grid. Whenever AEMO does this, companies are rewarded.
AEMO unusually frank in a public statement yesterday when it said that shortly after the price cap was imposed on power companies “available offers were reduced”.
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A spokesman for the Energy Council of Australia, which represents major power producers including AGL, EnergyAustralia and Origin, said its members faced a “complicated issue” but were looking for a solution. solution for power failure.
“The price cap inadvertently meant that some plants were unable to recover their fuel costs. The participants were looking for a legitimate way to resolve the issue,” the spokesperson said.
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