Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, experienced widespread power outages affecting hundreds of thousands, specifically over 500,000 households, due to severe storms. The storms caused significant damage to the electricity transmission network, including flattening transmission towers and bringing down power lines, leading to the shutdown of the state's largest coal power station, Loy Yang A. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) responded by curtailing demand and ordering large industrial users to switch off, a measure known as load shedding, to manage the reduced power supply. Wholesale electricity prices in Victoria soared as a result of the reduced generation capacity. Tennant Reed, AI Group Climate & Energy Policy Director, noted that wholesale power prices have drastically fluctuated due to the outage.
Sky News host Sharri Markson says around 500,000 people in Victoria have suffered under a power outage causing “major issues” in the state. https://t.co/NblEVSdtmI
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
More than half a million energy customers in Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, lost power after severe storms caused the failure of parts of the grid https://t.co/5bORtOis8B
Large chunks of Australia's Victoria state lost power when a major power plant shut down because a storm knocked out parts of the state's electricity transmission network https://t.co/VI7qskDdkr
⚠️ HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS LOSE POWER IN AUSTRALIA AFTER WEATHER DOWNS POWER LINES (Reuters) Large chunks of Australia's Victoria state lost power on Tuesday afternoon when a major power plant shut down because a storm knocked out parts of the state's electricity transmission… https://t.co/mdpu8UBowp
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
Victoria’s electricity spot prices have soared after an outage at the state’s largest generator, leaving hundreds of thousands of households with no power. https://t.co/K97TxxZ53X
(Updated from me): Blackouts across Victoria as storm forces outage at state’s largest coal generator https://t.co/zrgiGrXBHn
Big drop in power demand in Victoria, with some of the reduction because of load shedding. (Via @VEPC_VU ) https://t.co/URmRMv2INr
(Updated from me): Blackouts expected in Victoria as storm forces outage at state’s largest coal generator https://t.co/zrgiGrXBHn
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
(New from me): Victoria’s electricity spot prices soar as state’s largest coal generator suffers outage https://t.co/zrgiGrXBHn