Relief from the heat may be in sight but South Australia's energy woes are likely to persist with no immediate solution to boosting the reliability of electricity supply.
Adelaide and most of the state sweltered through another scorcher on Friday with the city hitting 40C and some regional centres pushing above 46C after similar highs on Wednesday and Thursday.
The state avoided blackouts for a second day in a row as the Bureau of Meteorology forecast slightly milder conditions for Saturday ahead of a more significant cool change on Sunday.
However, the south westerlies that will blow through the state will do nothing to cool the debate over the state's energy crisis.
The federal government continues to blame SA's heavy reliance on renewables, which it says has left the electricity network wanting following the closure of the state's last coal-fired power station last year.
But state Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis says its the rules and mismanagement of the electricity market that's the problem and not the availability of power.
His government has vowed to go it alone and will detail its plans for "dramatic" intervention in the coming weeks.
When temperatures first soared in Adelaide on Wednesday about 90,000 consumers across the city and regional SA were unplugged as the Australian Energy Market Operator ordered load shedding to avoid damage to the network.
A similar situation was avoided the following night with extra gas generation in SA brought online.
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