Eildon Pondage Power Station (EPPS) (EILDON3)

Hydro · Pacific Hydro Investments Pty Ltd · Hydro - Run of River

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service VIC1 Hydro - Water NEM data · 24 hours
5 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
Est. SRMC
$2.17/MWh
Key information
Capacity
5 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

Region VIC1
Coordinates —

DUID EILDON3
Owner Pacific Hydro Investments Pty Ltd
Commissioned —
Expected closure 2044
Closure date —
Technology Hydro - Run of River
Fuel Hydro - Water
Turbine OEM —
Turbine type / model —
Stats window
13 Jun 2026 02:50 → 14 Jun 2026 02:50 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

13 Jun 2026 02:50 → 14 Jun 2026 02:50 AEST

No dispatch data for DUID EILDON3 in this period.

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
5 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$2.17/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$30.43M

Shown in table
$30.43M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$14.00M (1995 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Secondary source states the construction cost was A$14 million.

Reference
Eildon Pondage Power Station (low confidence)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$6,763,285

Shown in table
$6.76M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$3.11M (1995 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$391.3k

Shown in table
$391.3k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$200.0k (1995 nominal)
Table total may differ if recalculated from $/MW × registered capacity after CPI adjustment.

How this was derived
Calculated from fallback fixed O&M per MW-year times 4.5 MW.
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$86,957

Shown in table
$87.0k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$40.0k (1995 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Server-side fallback used due to no plant-specific O&M disclosure found.
Variable OPEX / MWh
$2.17

Shown in table
$2.17 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.00 (1995 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Server-side fallback used due to no plant-specific variable O&M disclosure found.
Fuel cost / GJ
—

How this was derived
Hydro generation uses water releases rather than purchased fuel.

Reference
Victorian hydro plants (high confidence)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 04 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific construction cost found in secondary source as A$14 million; no primary owner announcement located in search results. Commissioning/completion year taken as 1995 from multiple secondary and owner sources; Pacific Blue states construction began in 1993 and the Eildon Pondage project was completed in 1994, while other references cite installation/opening in 1995, so capex_year is set conservatively to 1995. Fixed O&M and variable O&M use the provided server-side hydro defaults due to lack of plant-specific operating cost disclosures. Hydro has no fuel cost and zero direct operational emissions.

Sources