Image of NEM-Watch used to illustrate 7:30 Report story on Basslink outage of 2016

Paul McArdleMedia Reference

One of our team members was surprised, last night (i.e. Friday 3rd June 2016) to see an old image of an old version of NEM-Watch (from way back in 2007) used to illustrate how Tasmania would normally be interconnected to the mainland by the sub-sea HVDC (high-voltage direct current) link connecting into the Latrobe Valley in Victoria.

Here’s the image that surprised us:

NEM-Watch used to illustrate what normally would be the interconnected nature of Tasmania to the mainland regions of the National Electricity Market

For those interested in the Tasmanian crisis, the ABC story here is worth a watch.

Coincidentally it was also yesterday that I’d published these updated thoughts on WattClarity ® about the magnitude of the cost incurred, in aggregate, by various stakeholders in the Tasmanian region of the NEM as a result of the Basslink outage, now about 6 months old.