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Subscriber only Three generating units at Callide Power Station are now expected to be operational later than initially determined. CS Energy provided the Australian Energy Market Operator the revised return to service dates for Unit B1 and B2 - June 11 and June 21 respectively. Callide Power Trading, which trades the output of Callide C on behalf of the joint venture between CS Energy and InterGen, told the AEMO that Unit C3 would return to service on June 22. All three generators were earlier supposed to be operational by June 8 after an explosion and fire at the station last week. No change was made to the forecast return date for C4 of 12 months time.
Nearly half a million homes and businesses across the state and down into NSW lost power on Tuesday after a generator unit at Callide Power Station near Biloela caught fire and exploded.