Market Notices

Change Number: CHG0082059
Notification issued to: Market Notice
Notification Type: Initial
Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Firewall

Change Title: Norwest MarketNet Firewall Refresh
Change Start Date & Time: 17/02/2024 09:00:00 AEST
Change End Date & Time: 17/02/2024 14:00:00 AEST
Outage Start Date & Time:
Outage End Date & Time:

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:
The following impacts are expected to participant connectivity during this planned outage:

IPWAN Participants - Nil

Lan-2-Lan VPN Participants (IPSEC) - Up to 5 hours for participants who have established their VPN connection/s via the AEMO NSW datacenter termination point (202.44.78.10) only - All L2L connections should be established to both QLD / NSW.

Note: Participants are encouraged to ensure their VPN connections are already established or are configured (as per AEMO best practice) to automatically failover to the alternate AEMO QLD datacenter termination point (202.44.76.10) prior to this scheduled outage.

B2B VPN - Up to 30 minutes outage to TNSPs with B2B VPN to AEMO NSW Datacentre if VPN connection is only terminating in NSWonly

SSL VPN Participants: Up to 30 minutes outage to TNSPs with B2B VPN to AEMO NSW Datacentre if VPN connection is only terminating in NSW only

Other Impacts will have been communicated in advance.
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.

Change Number: CHG0082222
Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial
Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Electricity Market Management System
Change Title: EMMS Production Systems will be transferred to the alternative datacentre for maintenance activities .

Change Start Date & Time: 29/01/2024 08:00:00 AEST
Change End Date & Time: 30/01/2024 19:00:00 AEST
Outage Start Date & Time: 30/01/2024 13:25:00 AEST
Outage End Date & Time: 30/01/2024 13:30:00 AEST

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements: The maintenance activity is not expected to have any impact however delays to Dispatch cycles, bid submission, and outage to the AEMO Markets Portal are possible during the outage window on Tuesday 30th January around 13:25 to 13:30 AEST.CDR will not be available during the outage period.

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

AEMO's weather service provider has issued forecast temperatures equal to or greater than the NEM Local Temperature Alert Levels for listed weather stations below.

QLD
Dalby Ap (37+ Deg C): 18th Jan

The NEM Local Temperature Alert Levels are:

Launceston Ti Tree Bend: 33 Deg C, Dalby Airport: 37 Deg C, for all other selected weather stations: 39 Deg C.

AEMO requests Market Participants to:

1. review the weather forecast in the local area where their generating units / MNSP converter stations are located and,

2. if required, update the available capacity in their dispatch offers or availability submissions consistent with the forecast temperatures.

Further information is available at:

https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/nem-forecasting-and-planning/forecasting-and-reliability/projected-assessment-of-system-adequacy/nem-local-temperature-alerts

AEMO Operations Planning

Change Number: CHG0082626
Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial
Change Type: Expedited
Service/ Component: EMMS - Dispatch

Change Title: EMMS Production - FTP/Participant Intrface - Preventative maintenance.

Change Start Date & Time: 18/01/2024 13:15:00 AEST
Change End Date & Time: 18/01/2024 13:30:30 AEST
Outage Start Date & Time: 18/01/2024 13:23:00 AEST
Outage End Date & Time: 18/01/2024 13:24:00 AEST

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements: The maintenance activity is not expected to have any impact, however participants will briefly lose connectivity to the FTP/Intrface for no more than a minute on Thursday 18 January between 13:23 to 13:24 AEST

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

The Forecast LOR2 condition in the QLD region advised in AEMO Electricity Market Notice No. 113285 is cancelled at 0700 hrs 16/01/2024.

No LOR2 condition is currently forecast in the STPASA period.

AEMO Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

AEMO declares a Forecast LOR2 condition under clause 4.8.4(b) of the National Electricity Rules for the QLD region for the following period:

[1.] From 1730 hrs 18/01/2024 to 2030 hrs 18/01/2024.
The forecast capacity reserve requirement is 870 MW.
The minimum capacity reserve available is 681 MW.

AEMO is seeking a market response.

AEMO has not yet estimated the latest time it would need to intervene through an AEMO intervention event.

Manager NEM Real Time Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Refer to market notice 113265

There is an opportunity for testing QNI Minor for flows from NSW to Qld up to 750 MW on Monday 15th January 2024 from 1400 to 2100hrs.

This test includes a trip and reclose of a line in northern NSW.

Please also refer to the published formal QNI minor testing information at the following link:
https://www.aemo.com.au/consultations/current-and-closed-consultations/qld-to-nsw-interconnector-qni-upgrade

Ben Blake
AEMO Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

Refer to market notice 113130

There is an opportunity for testing QNI Minor for flows from NSW to Qld up to 750 MW on Monday 15th January 2024 from 0800 to 0930hrs.

This test includes a trip and reclose of a line in northern NSW.

Please also refer to the published formal QNI minor testing information at the following link:
https://www.aemo.com.au/consultations/current-and-closed-consultations/qld-to-nsw-interconnector-qni-upgrade


NEM Realtime Operations

AEMO ELECTRICITY MARKET NOTICE

AEMO's weather service provider has issued forecast temperatures equal to or greater than the NEM Local Temperature Alert Levels for listed weather stations below.

SA
Port Augusta Ap (39+ Deg C): 12th Jan, 13th Jan, 15th Jan

VIC
Mildura Ap (39+ Deg C): 12th Jan, 13th Jan

The NEM Local Temperature Alert Levels are:

Launceston Ti Tree Bend: 33 Deg C, Dalby Airport: 37 Deg C, for all other selected weather stations: 39 Deg C.

AEMO requests Market Participants to:

1. review the weather forecast in the local area where their generating units / MNSP converter stations are located and,

2. if required, update the available capacity in their dispatch offers or availability submissions consistent with the forecast temperatures.

Further information is available at:

https://aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/nem-forecasting-and-planning/forecasting-and-reliability/projected-assessment-of-system-adequacy/nem-local-temperature-alerts

AEMO Operations Planning