|
Wonder how the feds will spin that one, they can't exactly run the line that it is because of NSW having a "Heavy reliance on intermittent renewable power sources" (Ignoring the fact that there was a generator available in SA which could probably have covered the shortfall if AEMO had directed it to go online)
It is an interesting tactic for them to suggest that SA should have declared a state of emergency so they could take control out of the hands of the federal market operator and direct the available generator to go online. Not sure how well it plays to a thinking person for the federal government to blame the state government for not declaring an emergency in order to seize control from a federal government organisation.
Am I alone in wondering how short the government thinks my memory is? I can recall load shedding on very hot days being a normal occurrence in the past. Before that is the network operators "Gold plated" the networks, for which they get regularly smashed by the governments of all stripes.
|