Market operator in talks with large consumers as country faces energy crisis mainly due to poorly performing coal-fired generators
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Some of Queensland’s biggest consumers agreed to cut their power use on Monday to help the grid avoid blackouts, and a similar request may be made in New South Wales on Tuesday if regulators maintain their forecast for a potential electricity shortfall in that state.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (Aemo) on Monday afternoon started talks with big consumers under its Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (Rert) scheme to head off a gap projected at one stage to be 1,454 megawatts in Queensland at 5.30pm.