Loy Yang: Heatwave Hits and Victorian Households

loy yang: More than one million Victorian households could be left without power if an early heatwave hits the state, the Australian Energy Market Operator has warned, according to Nine News Australia. It pins the problem on a coal-fired station at Loy Yang and a gas-fired plant at Mortlake, which are both months away from being repaired. To improve your experience update it here News National Fears over blackouts for millions of Australians this summer By AAP3 28pm Aug 22, must come to the table and help prevent widespread blackouts on extremely hot days this summer, the federal energy minister has declared. If both power station outages were extended over the summer, and if no additional supply was secured, involuntary load shedding may be experienced in Victoria during extreme weather events, AMEO said. Other states within the national electricity market aren't expected to experience such problems this summer. This could lead to between 260,000 and 1.3 million households being left without power for four hours. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.