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1000MW NEM-wide mid-morning blackouts on 2 July 2009: Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria: three-unit Bayswater crash

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A major power system incident at an electrical switchyard in NSW, resulted in electricity supply interruptions - Macquarie Generation Bayswater units all crashed - across eastern Australia just before midday on 2 July 2009.  Approximately 1000MW of household and industrial load was shed across five states – NSW (not the ACT), Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. Load restored was at 11.14am NSW time, after a fire at a TransGrid transformer.   ...Log in to read rest of Article or image.
(2009-07-03)

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Article in: [Energy User][Electricity Week][Energy Daily][EWN Publishing][Electricity QLD]
Article Tags: [ Energy - General ][ Consumer Issues ][ Energy - Electricity ][ Automated NEM Analysis ]


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