NEM Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Register Information Guidelines Consultation

AEMO has now conducted its Consultation on developing Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Information Guidelines.

Notice of Final Determination

The DER Register Draft and Final Reports represents AEMO’s response to all issues raised by stakeholders to date and includes the final design of the DER register Information Collection Framework AEMO is developing.

The final DER register information guidelines set out the obligations that will apply to NSPs after 1 September, and the form and content of DER generation information which NSPS must provide to AEMO from 1 December 2019.

Final Determination and Guidelines

• DER Register Final Report (2.2 MB, pdf)
• DER Register Information Guidelines (966 KB, pdf)

The DER Register Project is now moving into the implementation stage. Please reach out to DERregister@aemo.com.au if you have any questions or wish to participate during this stage of the project.

Background

On 13 September 2018, the AEMC made a final rule determination on National Electricity Rule (NER) Clause 3.7E that places an obligation on the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to establish a static register of DER in the National Electricity Market (NEM).

Following implementation on 1 December 2019 the DER register will give network businesses and AEMO visibility of where DER are connected to help in planning and operating the power system as it transforms. The improved information on the static characteristics of DER represents an important first step towards increasing system visibility over DER.

As part of this rule, AEMO was required to develop, maintain and publish DER register information guidelines, that specify, amongst other things, the details of the information that NSPs must provide to AEMO, as well as when and how the information is to be provided. These Guidelines have been developed following the formal Rules consultation procedure (as per NER clause 8.9) and to be published by 1 June 2019. 

Consultation Timeline

Working Group 2: Meeting 3

• Meeting 3 (22 May 2019) – Agenda (427 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 3 (22 May 2019) – Meeting pack (406 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 3 (22 May 2019) – Meeting minutes (271 KB, pdf)

Working Group 2: Meeting 2

• Meeting 2 (6 May 2019) – Agenda (423 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 2 (6 May 2019) – Meeting pack (785 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 2 (6 May 2019) – Meeting minutes (279 KB, pdf)

Working Group 1: Meeting 2

• Meeting 2 (7 May 2019) – Agenda (434 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 2 (7 May 2019) – Meeting pack (585 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 2 (7 May 2019) – Meeting minutes (163 KB, pdf)

Second Stage Consultation Submissions

• APA (77 KB, pdf)
• Ausgrid (138 KB, pdf)
• AusNet Services (141 KB, pdf)
• CitiPower Powercor (76 KB, pdf)
• Clean Energy Council (125 KB, pdf)
• Endeavour Energy (63 KB, pdf)
• Energy Australia (77 KB, pdf)
• Energy Queensland (445 KB, pdf)
• Jemena (94 KB, pdf)
• SA Power Networks (53 KB, pdf)
• TasNetworks (515 KB, pdf)
• United Energy (88 KB, pdf)

Second Stage Consultation

• Notice of Second Stage of Consultation (148 KB, docx)
• Draft Report (1.3 MB, pdf)
• Draft DER Register Information Guidelines (519 KB, pdf)
• Feedback template (79 KB, docx)

Working Group 1: Data Model

• Meeting 1 (20 March 2019) – Agenda (158 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 1 (20 March 2019) – Meeting pack (412 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 1 (20 March 2019) – Meeting minutes (306 KB, pdf)

Working Group 2: Process Design

• Meeting 1 (15 March 2019) – Agenda (354 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 1 (15 March 2019) – Meeting pack (834 KB, pdf)
• Meeting 1 (15 March 2019) – Meeting minutes (181 KB, pdf)

First Stage Consultation Submissions

• Ausgrid (1.3 MB, pdf)
• AusNet Services (501 KB, pdf)
• CitiPower Powercor (55 KB, pdf)
• Clean Energy Council (131 KB, pdf)
• Endeavour Energy (89 KB, pdf)
• Energy Australia (81 KB, pdf)
• Energy Queensland (226 KB, pdf)
• Formbay (97 KB, pdf)
• GreenSync (167 KB, pdf)
• Origin Energy (97 KB, pdf)
• Red and Lumo (256 KB, pdf)
• SA Power Networks (148 KB, pdf) Attachment 1 (174 KB, pdf)
• Tesla (261 KB, pdf)
• United Energy (55 KB, pdf)
• University of Sydney Law School (68 KB, pdf)
• Redback Technologies (late submission) (93 KB, pdf)

First Stage Consultation

• Notice of First Stage of Consultation (162 KB, pdf)
• Issues Paper (876 KB, pdf)
• Feedback Template (82 KB, docx)
• Collection meeting minutes (1.2 MB, pdf)
• Data collection - high level process (249 KB, pdf)
• Minutes of meeting held with Clean Energy Council Directorates (28 February 2019) (293 KB, pdf)

Pre-Consultation Information

• DER Register background Information (641 KB, pdf) 
• DER Register pre-consultation workshop summary (1.1 MB, pdf) 
• DER Register meeting with DNSPs - minutes (572 KB, pdf)