Solar PV Outages
This can happen for a range of reasons, including network maintenance, system testing, or the activation of Emergency Backstop Mechanism to protect the stability of the electricity network.
Your electricity supply to your home is not interrupted. You can continue to use electricity as normal, and in most cases no action is required from you. This page explains what this means, why it can happen, and what you should do.
How could this affect my Solar PV System?
- Your solar PV exports to the grid may be temporarily reduced or paused
- Your electricity supply will not be interrupted
- The impact is expected to last only a short period of time
- Once the emergency condition has passed, normal operation will resume automatically.
What do I need to do?
In most cases, you don’t need to do anything. If your solar PV system is affected by a solar PV outage or temporary export limitation, it will return to normal automatically once the event ends.
You do not need to:- Reset your inverter
- Contact your solar installer
- Contact Jemena
- Turn your system on or off
Your home will continue to have electricity, and you can keep using power as usual.
Solar PV Outages and Events
| Solar PV Outages and Events | Outage Information |
| Digital system outages - utility server or related system outages that prevent commissioning tests for new or replacement inverters as part of the JEN connection process |
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| New or replacement inverter testing - commissioning tests required as part of the JEN connection process |
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| Annual testing - testing initiated by Jemena to ensure the emergency backstop capability of solar PV systems remains active and functional |
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| Emergency Minimum System Load (MSL) events - events triggered under the direction of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) |
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| Date of event | Start time * | End time ** |
| 22/12/2025 | 22/12/2025 13:40PM |
23/12/2025 11:30PM |
* Date and time when first system outage event occurred.
** Time that the system was restored or estimated restoration time or estimated time when we provide the next update.
New and/or Replaced Inverter Testing
As part of ongoing commissioning activities, we are conducting daily testing of new solar microgeneration units and replacement of legacy solar microgeneration units to confirm that they are capable of remotely interrupting or curtailing electricity generation.
| Date of event | Start time | End time |
| Ongoing (daily) | Ongoing (daily) | Ongoing (daily) |
Annual Testing (Sub-network & Network-wide)
Sub-network – annual testing of emergency backstop capability of solar PV systems at sub-network level. Network-wide – annual testing of emergency backstop capability of solar PV systems at network-wide level.
| Date of event | Start time* | End time** |
| 17/03/2026 | 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM |
* Date and time when first active generation curtailment occured or is planned to occur.
** Time that the last active control for curtailment event was cancelled, completed or planned. Solar PV system maximum export limit reinstated shortly afterwards on this day.
Emergency Minimum System Load Event
AEMO-directed generation curtailment to maintain system-level operational demand above certain threshold.
Click here to read more information about MSL events and the Emergency Backstop Mechanism.