Australia: Electricity rescue bid blocked

Blackouts mean: They Need Power, let's sell some


3 Feb 2009


Energy Response argues a lack of political will is preventing a system from taking shape that would have allowed up to 40 clients including major consumers to sell power into the grid and avoid recent blackouts in Victoria and South Australia. There are also claims that the Victorian civil service could have accounted for potential savings of 100MW during the shortfall of about 430MW. The National Electricity Market Management Company points out that some of the supply shortages were caused by localised line failures and would not have been avoided by any sales back into the grid.



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