Market Notices

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Refer to market notice 120706

There is an opportunity for testing Project Energy Connect (PEC-1) for flows in both directions up to 150 MW on 18th December from 07:00hrs to 22:00hrs

This test includes switching of transmission lines and reactive plant in South Australia and in New South Wales.

Please also refer to the published formal PEC Stage 1 and HIC capacity release testing information at the following link https://aemo.com.au/-/media/files/stakeholder_consultation/consultations/nem-consultations/2023/project-energyconnect-stage-1-and-hic-capacity-release/pec-stage-1-and-hic---final-test-program.pdf?la=en.

Ben Blake
AEMO Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Actual Lack Of Reserve Level 1 (LOR1) in the NSW region - 17/12/2024

An Actual LOR1 condition has been declared under clause 4.8.4(b) of the National Electricity Rules for the NSW region from 1530 hrs.
The Actual LOR1 condition is forecast to exist until 1800 hrs

The capacity reserve requirement is 1340 MW
The minimum capacity reserve available is 1082 MW

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

AEMO has detected that there is an elevated risk of insufficient demand to maintain a secure operating state in the VIC region on 21/12/2024.

Minimum System Load (MSL) conditions are forecast when regional demand is less than the relevant MSL threshold. The advisory MSL thresholds are:
o MSL1 - 1705 MW
o MSL2 - 1205 MW
o MSL3 - 705 MW

The regional demand is forecast to be below the MSL1 threshold for the following period:

From 1130 hrs to 1330 hrs 21/12/2024. Minimum regional demand is forecast to be 1643 MW at 1300 hrs.

Forecast regional demand (DEMAND50) is published in Short Term and Pre-Dispatch PASA region solution reports available on Market Data NEMWEB: https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/data-nem/market-data-nemweb .

AEMO Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

The Forecast LOR1 condition in the NSW region advised in AEMO Electricity Market Notice No. 122096 has been updated to the following:

[1.] From 1600 hrs 17/12/2024 to 1830 hrs 17/12/2024.
The forecast capacity reserve requirement is 1370 MW.
The minimum capacity reserve available is 996 MW.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

The Forecast LOR1 condition in the NSW region advised in AEMO Electricity Market Notice No. 122071 has been updated to the following:

[1.] From 1530 hrs 17/12/2024 to 1900 hrs 17/12/2024.
The forecast capacity reserve requirement is 1370 MW.
The minimum capacity reserve available is 815 MW.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

The Forecast LOR1 condition in the NSW region advised in AEMO Electricity Market Notice No. 122007 has been updated to the following:

[1.] From 1430 hrs 17/12/2024 to 1530 hrs 17/12/2024.
The forecast capacity reserve requirement is 1370 MW.
The minimum capacity reserve available is 907 MW.

[2.] From 1800 hrs 17/12/2024 to 1900 hrs 17/12/2024.
The forecast capacity reserve requirement is 1370 MW.
The minimum capacity reserve available is 1012 MW.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Cancellation of Actual (LOR1) condition in the NSW region - 16/12/2024

The Actual LOR1 Condition in the NSW Region advised in AEMO Electricity Market Notice No.122029 is cancelled at 1835 hrs 16/12/2024.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

Change Number: CHG0100502
Notification issued to: Market Notice
Notification Type: Initial
Change Type: Normal
Service/ Component: MarketNet
Change Title: Planned maintenance affecting the AEMO Market Network ***Outage Updated***
Change Start Date & Time: 19/12/2024 07:00:00 AEST
Change End Date & Time: 20/12/2024 17:00:00 AEST
Outage 1 Start Date & Time: 19/12/2024 09:12:00 AEST
Outage 1 End Date & Time: 19/12/2024 09:13:00 AEST
Outage 2 Start Date & Time: 19/12/2024 15:12:00 AEST
Outage 2 End Date & Time: 19/12/2024 15:13:00 AEST

Environment: Production
Participant Impact and Requirements: Planned maintenance will be conducted on the 19th of December 2024, between 07:00AM and 05:00PM AEST on the core network infrastructure within the AEMO Market Network in Brisbane.

During there change, there will be two instances of 1-3 second service disruption to MarketNet Services accessed via Brisbane as traffic moves from the active to the standby load balancing unit. All Services should return to normal after this time. Traffic via Sydney will not be affected during this time. AEMO recommends that all market participants with site to site VPN connections currently connected via Brisbane, to switch these connections to the Sydney site as a precaution.

Participants connecting via IPWAN and/or SSL VPN will be automatically connected to the Sydney site and do not need to take any action.
Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or call 1300 236 600.
Please refer to https://aemo.service-now.com/participantportal?id=pp_services_status for any
planned/unplanned maintenance activities .

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Actual Lack Of Reserve Level 1 (LOR1) in the NSW region - 16/12/2024

An Actual LOR1 condition has been declared under clause 4.8.4(b) of the National Electricity Rules for the NSW region from 1700 hrs.
The Actual LOR1 condition is forecast to exist until 1800 hrs

The capacity reserve requirement is 1340 MW
The minimum capacity reserve available is 1297 MW

Manager NEM Real Time Operations