Energy market operator AEMO says there may be more electricity black-outs next summer

Well, these shortages are being attributed to delays in renewable energy projects that they were hoping to have up and running by the time NSW's largest coal-fired power plant was set to retire mid next year. Instead, they say battery projects won't be ready as soon as they had previously hoped. Now the Australian Energy Market Operator has now made changes to its forecast and has said that Australians can expect more blackouts next summer as a result of these delays. Government says there are plenty of renewable energy projects in the pipeline, but they're just facing challenges with building transmission quickly. So that's looking at things like supply and technical connection. Another factor that's contributing to the forecast shortages in NSW is a revised assumption of the demands for electricity in the state. Now over in Victoria, they're also at higher risk of blackouts due to mothballed generators in South Australia. Now that's a term used to describe the temporary shutdown and storage of generators for later use and transmission limitations affecting the flow of electricity to Melbourne. SA could also face more blackouts due to delays of an energy project there. Now the market operator says they are working on a solution for all of this. They're hoping to have a reserve capacity up and running before next summer, but just in case this doesn't happen, it would be wise to have a few spare torches and batteries handy before next summer.