Article: Vic; Power companies in power demand phone hook up


AAP General News (Australia)
11-28-2000
Vic; Power companies in power demand phone hook up

Victorian power generators, transmission companies, and key users have convened urgent
talks after the state's power capacity was cut, ahead of a forecast heatwave.

A spokeswoman for NEMMCO -- the national electricity transmission company -- says the
phone hook-up has revealed no major problems.

Victoria's largest power generator, Loy Yang Power in the Latrobe Valley, has had its
generating capacity cut by 50 per cent after a generator shut down on Sunday.

The unscheduled shutdown occurred as another of the coal-fired power ...

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