1 Introduction
1.1 Audience
AEMO Australian Energy Market Operator provides this information as a service targeting business analysts and IT staff in Registered Participant See Relevant Rules or Procedures companies.
The primary audiences are:
- LNSP Local Network Service Provider. The organisation that owns the poles and wires used to distribute electricity to premises within a geographical area and in the relevant participating jurisdiction.– Recipients of Basic Power Quality Data (BPQD)
- Metering Coordinator Energy Rules Terms– Responsible for sending BPQD
- Metering Data Providers – Send BPQD on behalf of the MC Meter Coordinator; The Role Code used in MSATS for an MC is RP.
1.2 Objective
The (Release) describes the projects planned by AEMO from a participant perspective and includes any system related changes for participants.
1.3 Status
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Version |
Status |
|---|---|
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0.01 |
Presents the evolving design. Please send feedback to Contact Us. In the Details of your enquiry section, mention the EAS Knowledge Management team as the Resolver group. |
1.4 Release dates
Scheduled for implementation in:
- Pre-production AEMO’s test system available to participants: Sunday 19 April 2026
- Production AEMO’s live system: Sunday 21 June 2026 (TBC To be confirmed)
1.5 Projects and enhancements
Changes and enhancements for this Release include:
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No. |
Functionality |
Change |
Affected interface |
Reference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
Power Quality Data (PQD) |
New interface for managing Basic Power Quality Data (BPQD) and participant controls |
Markets Portal |
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2 |
PQD |
API for BPQD submission and retrieval |
API |
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3 |
WebSockets |
WebSockets for event notification and flow control events |
IDX |
IDX Technical Delivery Specification |
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1.6 Rule and procedure changes
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Title |
Version |
Effective date |
|---|---|---|
|
National Electricity Amendment (Accelerating smart meter deployment) Rule 2024 No. 20 |
2025/01 |
Final |
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1.41 |
1 July 2026 |
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|
1 |
1 July 2026 |
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Retail Electricity Market Procedures- Glossary and Framework |
4.4 |
1 December 2025 |
|
7.9 |
1 July 2026 |
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|
7.9 |
1 July 2026 |
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|
4.0 |
1 July 2026 |
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B2B Procedure: Customer and Site Details Notification Process |
4.0 |
1 July 2026 |
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4.0 |
1 July 2026 |
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4.0 |
1 July 2026 |
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|
4.0 |
1 July 2026 |
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4.0 |
1 July 2026 |
1.7 Related technical specifications
None.
1.8 Related documents
These guides and resources are updated according to this technical specification and published for the pre-production Release Date.
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Title |
Description |
Status |
|---|---|---|
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IDX Technical Delivery Specification |
Describes the technical standards, protocols, and payloads for data exchange on the Industry Data Exchange (IDX) platform |
Draft |
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API portal |
Information about the PQD API |
Not started |
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Basic Power Quality Data |
Online help for submitting and managing BPQD |
Not started |
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Assists Retail Electricity Market participants to understand the overall MSATS framework, NEM procedures, and procedure terms |
Not started |
1.9 Approval to change
No approval or agreement to change required from participant change controllers.
1.10 Market systems user group meetings
The Market Systems User Group (MSUG Market Systems User Group) is an industry user group established to discuss NEM wholesale and retail IT systems releases. Its purpose is to facilitate the continuing improvement of AEMO's IT systems by seeking feedback and collaboration from participants.
MSUG meetings are open to all interested parties, with invitations sent to all included on the distribution list. If you have a technical question for a project and want to attend the MSUG ask your company’s support team to include your email address in their AEMO Help Desk Bulletin (CRM) distribution list.
1.11 Version numbers
Incremental version numbers such as 1.01, 2.01 and so on mean there is a minor change to the technical specification.
Major version numbers such as 1.00, 2.00 means there are substantial changes to the technical specification. Participants must carefully review these changes, detailed Page 1.
1.12 Changes in this version
No changes, this is the initial version.