Network connections
Please be advised that AEMO offices will close from Wednesday 25 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025 inclusive. Connections team members will not be available during this period. If you have any queries, please email nem.connections@aemo.com.au
If you have any connection applications that are ready for submission, we strongly encourage you to submit these by 22 November 2024 or after 2 January 2025. Any new submissions made during this period may not be reviewed by the Onboarding and Connections team until after 2 January 2025.
AEMO Advisory Role
Across the National Electricity Market (NEM), AEMO performs an advisory role in assessing and negotiating performance standards for connecting assets to assure the stable and secure performance of the power system. AEMO also assesses simulation models of power system plant and associated control systems, and performs commissioning and post-commissioning activities This is the case for all connections in the NEM, across transmission and distribution networks. AEMO is also responsible for approving the registration of connecting plant into the NEM.
A person wishing to connect a facility to the NEM (Connection Applicant) should first liaise with the connecting Network Service Provider (NSP). The connecting NSP manages the connection process and is the main point of contact for the Connection Applicant.
Victoria TNSP Role
In Victoria, AEMO also manages the process of connecting to the Declared Shared Network, performing many of the responsibilities carried out in other states by the connecting transmission network service provider. This includes processing transmission connection enquiries and applications, preparing functional specifications, assessing and negotiating performance standards, assessing simulation models of power system plant, negotiating connection contracts, and facilitating first energisation and practical completion.
For more information on Victorian Transmission Connection:
Connections Reform
AEMO, in collaboration with industry, is progressing a wide-ranging connections reform program aimed at streamlining the connections process and ensuring that technical requirements remain relevant for emerging technologies such as grid forming inverters and large inverter-based loads. The reform program includes: