Adding insight as high temperatures begin to test the grid in Victoria

With soaring temperatures being expected right across the country today, our CEO Paul McArdle took to WattClarity and Twitter yesterday following the AEMO issuing a LOR2 warning for Victoria. Paul noted that Loy Yang A’s Unit 2 was still out of operation as high demand is expected to test the grid. Angela Macdonald-Smith of the Australian Financial Review referenced this is her article “Victorian power grid faces first summer test“:

The operator’s warnings for a possible shortage of reserves on Wednesday in Victoria, even before the forecast higher temperature on Friday ” “show the return of @aglenergy Loy Yang A2 can’t come soon enough,” tweeted electricity market analyst Paul McArdle at globalROAM.