Major programs

In collaboration with industry and government partners, AEMO has developed a tailored cyber security framework for the Australian energy sector – the Australian Energy Sector Cyber Security Framework (AESCSF). The 2020-21 program is underway, with industry engagement planned to commence in mid-April 2021.

AEMO’s DER Register is a database of information about DER devices installed across Australia at residential or business locations, and is foundational to AEMO’s DER Program.

The Engineering Framework is the next step in a multi-year plan to deliver an integrated roadmap for the NEM. It builds on the RIS Stage 1 which delivered the first step. The Engineering Framework seeks to go beyond the renewable integration alone, by taking a broader perspective, and acknowledging the various activities that are already happening across industry.

AEMO is working with industry to implement changes arising from an Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) Final Determination to implement Five-minute Settlement (5MS) and Global Settlement (GS) in the National Electricity Market (NEM).

In late 2021 all gas retail market participants that operate Business-to-Business (B2B) systems will need introduce new transactions and modify existing transactions.

On 26 March 2020, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) made a final rule to require all scheduled and semi-scheduled generators in the NEM to support the secure operation of the power system by responding automatically to changes in power system frequency.

In April-May 2020, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), Australian Energy Regulator (AER) and AEMO (the Market Bodies) undertook a process with stakeholders to prioritise the energy market regulatory program in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in recognition of the cumulative regulatory implementation burden or the increasing number of significant processes. The Roadmap will be revised periodically, as new AEMC rule change determinations and other relevant decisions are made.

AEMO’s Western Australian (WA) Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Program has been established to support the effective integration of DER into the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) and the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).

AEMO is implementing the WEM Reform Program to ‘prepare for and implement’ the Foundation Regulatory Framework reforms as set out under the WA Government’s Energy Transformation Strategy.

AEMO and Transgrid are jointly undertaking a RIT-T to assess the technical and economic viability of expanding interconnector capacity between Victoria and New South Wales, to address current limitations, in accordance with the National electricity Rules (NER).

AEMO and TransGrid are jointly undertaking the Victoria to New South Wales interconnector Upgrade Regulatory Investment Test for Transmission (RIT-T) to assess the technical and economic viability of alleviating power transfer capacity limitations between Victoria and New South Wales.

AEMO is undertaking the Victorian Reactive Power Support Regulatory Investment Test for Transmission (RIT-T) to assess the technical and economic benefits of delivering additional reactive power support in Victoria.

AEMO has completed a Regulatory Investment Test for Transmission (RIT-T) to assess the technical and economic viability of increasing transmission network capacity to address current limitations in the Western Victoria transmission network, in accordance with the National Electricity Rules (NER).

AEMO’s past major programs of work, including Power of Choice.