One of Australia's largest coal power stations, Loy Yang A, experienced a significant outage, leading to widespread electricity price surges and concerns over grid stability in Victoria. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) responded by curtailing demand and instructing large industrial users to power down. This incident coincided with extreme weather conditions that caused severe damage to the state's power infrastructure, resulting in 500,000 Victorian homes losing electricity. The situation prompted load shedding in parts of Victoria as wholesale power prices went haywire. The outage and subsequent blackouts have sparked a debate on the need for reliable and affordable base-load power, with various commentators and officials weighing in on the situation.
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Former speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop says for Australians to “get used to it” after an outage in Victoria's key coal plant left 500,000 without power. https://t.co/x0BjGYkTiH
Sky News host Steve Price says Victoria’s biggest power station Loy Yang A went down earlier today as 500,000 Victorians went without power. https://t.co/ubLzkCiLgY
Half a million Victorian homes are without electricity after extreme weather flattened transmission towers, brought down lines and knocked out the state’s largest power station. https://t.co/JA7I001Xgl
Radio 2CC host Stephen Cenatiempo has called for “reliable, cheap base-load power” after 500,000 Victorians have found themselves without power due to severe storms across the state. https://t.co/001umHPRoR
Half a million Victorian homes were blacked out on Tuesday afternoon as extreme weather brought down power lines. https://t.co/4FthZISPOR
AI Group Climate & Energy Policy Director Tennant Reed says the wholesale power prices have gone “from the ceiling to the floor” as one of Victoria’s biggest power stations Loy Yang A experiences a major outage. https://t.co/ZA82eMq0Ty
Load shedding under way in parts of Victoria as prices in the spot market go haywire… (via @reddolphinsys ) https://t.co/EuK1rLuMrD
One of Australia’s largest coal power stations has suffered an outage, sending wholesale electricity prices soaring and stoking concern about grid stability in Victoria. AEMO has curtailed demand and ordered large industrial users to switch off. #springst https://t.co/64dktkmMoS
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