The South Australian government is urgently seeking to restart two mothballed diesel-powered generators as it warns the state is at risk of blackouts this summer.
The SA energy minister wants energy operators to have capacity to switch diesel generators back on during periods of high energy demand.The South Australian government wants to change rules to give the Australian Energy Market Operator powers to order companies to bring generators back online during peak demand.
Mr Koutsantonis has warned the forecast for the reliability of power supply in SA this summer – which shows a predicted shortfall of 200 megawatts — has been underestimated because the AEMO has not accounted for the delay in a new interconnector with New South Wales. Speaking on 5AA radio on Monday, Mr Koutsantonis said: "given what happened in New South Wales last week, when they had one 40 degree day and they were nearly short on power, and told people to turn their air conditioners off and not turn dishwashers on, if we rely on an interconnector to New South Wales and it's hot across the entire national electricity market, we're in trouble".
"They've known that these generators were withdrawing and mothballing back in February this year, and here we are the first week of summer and all of a sudden, the request has gone in to have these diesel generators to come back into the grid," said Shadow Energy Minister Stephen Patterson.
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