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Heatwave causes power outages as AEMO instructs load shedding

AT MIDDAY today, the Australian Energy Market Operator cut power to over 60,000 customers in Victoria as the state sweltered through a second day of extreme heat and generators struggled to keep up with grid supply as power generators failed.

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iStock.com/Wako Megumi

The market operator also instructed Alcoa's Portland smelter to reduce its power requirements and pull back operations to take some of the pressure off the market. "Coordinated supply interruptions...

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