Market analysis of 2 February 2026
The high-impact network outage schedule published on 2 February 2026 listed 1 non-withdrawn entries active on 2 February 2026. 0 of them carried the interregional flag, and 1 was marked unplanned.
By region, the active entries were: New South Wales 1. Counts cover each entry whose scheduled window overlapped the calendar day in fixed UTC+10.
The Outage Load Around The Date
The first chart counts scheduled entries active on each day from 26 January to 9 February 2026, using the same publication. It shows whether 2 February sat inside a busy or a quiet stretch of planned network work.
The Longest Scheduled Windows
The longest active windows on the day were: Buronga-Balranald (X3) 220kV line (New South Wales), scheduled from 19 January 2026 21:13 to 4 February 2026 18:00.
The second chart shows the active entries by region.
Why Outage Schedules Matter
Scheduled outages reduce network capability while the work is under way. Interregional entries can lower transfer limits between regions, which links them directly to price separation and to the constraints that bind generators. Reading the schedule by date shows which days carry that exposure.
Figures use the outage schedule snapshot published on 2 February 2026, with withdrawn entries excluded and times in fixed UTC+10.
