AEMO continues to work with industry and the state government to manage expected low electricity reserves this afternoon in New South Wales.
This situation is a result of heatwave conditions combined with the unavailability of major power stations.
Ahead of this tight supply-demand period, AEMO has requested that all available generation and transmission resources be deployed to ensure consumer electricity needs are met.
Additional reserves have also been secured through the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) mechanism to help manage the forecasted shortfall.
The NSW Government has enacted protocols to reduce electricity demand from government agencies.
AEMO continues to monitor electricity reserves.
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