Last night (8 feb) South Australian homes plunged into darkness again as the electricity network managers were forced to load shed 40 000 homes to prevent the collapse of the network, with load shedding occurring again today for the same reason.

Instead of a Mea Culpa from the premier of the state to his suffering constituents, his reaction is to blame the network controllers and to intervene in its running (Like that's going to have a happy ending).

The bad news is that VIC, WA, QSD and federal labor intends to pursue the 50% renewables target that have brought such misery to South Australia.

Gas is wind but wind is not gas.

The SA premier is still blaming the previous Liberal government for selling off power generation to the private (Chinese) sector. Now, I also blame the stupid John Olsen, then premier, for doing a stupid thing. I'm all for private enterprise, but I firmly believe that essential services- utilities - MUST remain in government hands. Profits should not be allowed to interfere with energy and water. However, the dopey Labor party has one hell of a cheek to drag up the past. Come election time, they will have had 16 years to regain the power supply, but they have not done so.

But, perhaps the 'operator' has put the first nail in their coffin. The have, in effect, advised the public that their costs are more important to them than the actual job of supplying power. The decided not to bring another source online because it was cheaper FOR THEM to deny thousands of South Australians power in 40 degree heat.

The complete and absolute cock up of the South Australian power supply is the complete and sole responsibility of the South Australian labor government, who could not even keep up with demand with the full load of the interconnector.

"The operator said rolling blackouts across Adelaide on Wednesday evening were prompted by wind power dropping to 2.5 per cent of the state’s energy demand, putting strain on the Heywood interconnector between Victoria and South Australia operating “at full capacity”, and an unexpected spike in consumption after the working day.

A request for gas-fired Pelican Point to power up on Wednesday came too late for it generate power in time, leaving 90,000 homes experiencing blackouts as the market operator sought to reduce demand. While firing up the Pelican Point generator from a “cold start” takes up to six hours."

When Hazelwood closes, Victoria will suffer from an energy deficit, and will probably be forced to cut off SA and Tasmania to keep its own lights on.

the premier will be able to go and hold his head up high at the next gw fest. The High Priests will be very proud of him.

There's an old saying, "Couldn't run a country outhouse with two attendants".