Monday’s heatwave saw an amber alert for NSW’s power grid issued. Picture ... Campbelltown and Richmond. While more than 1200MW greater than anything seen between December and February ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The energy market operator remains alert to the risk of power shortages in NSW and Queensland as more 40-degree temperatures are ...

Most at threat are power lines connecting the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme with the national grid, with NSW energy minister Matt Kean confirming on Twitter a significant risk exists.

The grid is suffering congestion and instability as coal-fired power ... congested north-west Victorian grid until the French giant agreed to install grid stabilising equipment. The NSW government ...

The Australian Energy Council, a group representing Australia's biggest power suppliers ... electricity grid. But he warned consumers would end up bearing the risks. "NSW's road map could reduce ...