Butlers Gorge (BUTLERSG)

Hydro · Hydro-Electric Corporation · Hydro - Dam

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service TAS1 Hydro - Water NEM data · 30 days
12 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
30 days revenue
$83.3k
Capacity factor
12.6%
Revenue / MWh
$75.03
Est. SRMC
$1.00/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. TAS1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Key information
Capacity
12 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

Hydro Tasmania / GEO reference indicates Butlers Gorge was commissioned in 1951 and is operating.

Region TAS1
Coordinates -42.26680, 146.26160 (AI)

GEO lists coordinates for Butlers Gorge Hydroelectric Power Plant as -42.2668, 146.2616.

MLF 0.9396
DUID BUTLERSG
Owner Hydro-Electric Corporation
Commissioned —
Expected closure 2100
Closure date —
Technology Hydro - Dam
Fuel Hydro - Water
Turbine OEM English Electric
Turbine type / model hydro turbine-generator set (Francis-type implied)
Equipment confidence low
Stats window
14 May 2026 18:30 → 13 Jun 2026 18:30 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 18:30 → 13 Jun 2026 18:30 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$83.3k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
1,110.0 MWh
Available
— MWh
Curtailed
— MWh
Curtailment
—
of available
MLF used
0.9396
end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval — energy (RRP) and FCAS (regional FCAS prices), both × MLF.

Methodology & assumptions

  • Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
  • Regional price — dispatch_price RRP matched by settlement time and NEM region (from generator registry).
  • Energy revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF.
  • FCAS revenue & volume — cleared FCAS MW from DISPATCHLOAD (raise/lower 6s, 60s, 5min, reg) × (5/60 h) × regional FCAS price × MLF. Volume is total FCAS enablement MWh across services.
  • Curtailment — estimated economic curtailment when availability exceeds dispatch target: max(0, availability − cleared) × (5/60) MWh.
  • Not settlement — estimates only. AEMO settlement applies DLF, rebids, constraints, and other factors not modelled here.
MLF history (AEMO daily)
Effective fromMLF
2024-07-01 0.9269
2025-07-01 0.9396

Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Hydro
Capacity
12 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$1.00/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$9.28M

Shown in table
$9.28M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$8.80M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$760,877

Shown in table
$760.9k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$4.00M (2024 nominal)
Table total may differ if recalculated from $/MW × registered capacity after CPI adjustment.
Fixed OPEX (annual)
—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$40,000

Shown in table
$40.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh default
$1.00

Shown in table
$1.00 (2026 real AUD)
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: low · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: default · AI checked 05 Jun 2026

Notes
No plant-specific greenfield construction cost or refurbishment cost for Butlers Gorge was located in the searched official/public sources. Hydro Tasmania’s fact sheet confirms the station was commissioned in 1951 and has 12.2 MW capacity; the EPBC referral confirms Butlers Gorge is part of the Tarraleah scheme and that the scheme is ageing and in need of significant investment, but does not give a plant-specific capex figure for Butlers Gorge. O&M and asset-life assumptions were not sourced and are left null rather than inferred from generic benchmarks because no explicit benchmark search result was successfully retrieved in the provided results.

Sources