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Equivalent availability factor

AGL's Equivalent Availability Factor (EAF) performance was favourable to Budget in FY24 and well above the performance seen in prior years. Bayswater Power Station has delivered a strong improvement in availability driven by fewer unplanned partial and full outages compared to AGL's Equivalent Availability Factor (EAF) performance was favourable to budget in FY24 and well above the performance seen in prior years. Bayswater Power Station has delivered a strong improvement in availability driven by fewer unplanned partial and full outages compared to prior years. Loy Yang A Power Station had an uplift in performance driven by the absence of Unit 2 generator issues present in prior years. Gas generation assets achieved slightly lower availability than prior year due to unplanned outages at Barker Inlet Power Station offset by fewer planned outages at Torrens Island Power Station. Renewable assets had a slightly higher availability than prior year due to an uplift at AGL Hydro and offset by the insourcing transition of wind farms (non-Tilt Renewables). years. Loy Yang A Power Station had an uplift in performance driven by the absence of LYA2 Generator issues present in FY19/20 & FY22/23. Gas Generation Assets achieved slightly lower availability than prior year due to unplanned outages at Barker Inlet offset by fewer planned outages at Torrens. Renewable Assets had a slightly higher availability than prior year due to an uplift at Hydro and offset by the insourcing transition of Wind farms (non-Tilt Renewables).

Notes

Equivalent Availability Factor (EAF) measures the percentage of rated capacity available to the market.

Barker Inlet Power Station is included from FY21 onwards.

Silverton and Coopers Gap wind farms is included from FY22 onwards.

Kwinana Swift Power Station is included from FY23 onwards.

Wind farms (Tilt Renewables) comprises Silverton Wind Farm and Coopers Gap Wind Farm (handed over to Tilt in Jun 2024).

Wind farms (non-Tilt Renewables) comprises Oaklands Hill, Wattle Point, Macarthur, Hallett, Hallett Hill, North Brown Hill and The Bluff wind farms.

Thermal and gas generation fleet EAF comprises the performance of the following assets weighted by megawatt (MW) capacity: Liddell, Bayswater, Loy Yang A, Torrens Island B, Somerton, Barker Inlet and Kwinana Swift Power Station.

Overall EAF is weighted by megawatt (MW) capacity.

Earlier in FY24, AGL and Tilt Renewables agreed to terminate agreements pursuant to which AGL provided asset management and agency and dispatch services in respect of certain assets owned by Tilt Renewables, namely the Nyngan Solar Plant, Broken Hill Solar Plant, Coopers Gap Wind Farm and Silverton Wind Farm. As a result, from June 2024 (for Nyngan Solar Plant, Coopers Gap Wind Farm and Silverton Wind Farm) and July 2024 (for Broken Hill Solar Plant), Tilt Renewables is responsible for operations and maintenance for each facility, while AGL will no longer be responsible for the Asset Management of these assets, it continues to have offtake agreements in respect of these assets.

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