Systems Technical Documents
Overview
The systems technical documentation provides the detail of the changes to AEMO’s market facing systems. These documents are expected to provide the information required to allow industry to understand AEMO’s IT systems changes and for industry or vendors to make the required changes to their own systems.
The technical specifications are being produced in stages, allowing progressive release and consultation on the 5-minute and global settlement changes. The following tables provide the current status of these documents.
Dispatch and operations, settlements and metering
| Technical Document | Content | Final Version Due | Status | Last Release | SWG Related Level 2 Milestone | Comments |
| 5MS Systems High-Level Impact Assessment (HLIA) |
Retail Systems
Dispatch Systems Operational Systems Settlement Systems |
30 Dec 19 | Draft | 17 May 19 | N/A | The HLIA is a working document updated periodically as consultations and designs complete. |
Electricity data model
| Technical Document | Content | Final Version Due | Status | Last Release |
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EMMS Technical Specification - 5MS - Data Model v5.00 EMMS Technical Specification - 5MS - Data Model v5.00 marked up v3.00 |
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Completion of project | v5.00 | January 2021 |
| EMMS Release FAQ - October 2020 - Data Model v5.00 | Updates FAQ to include previous Bidding FAQ as well as adds clarification on Bidding tables and reports. | Completion of project | v.0.02 | January 2021 |
Dispatch and operations
| Technical Document | Content | Final Version Due | Status | Last Release | SWG Related Level 2 Milestone | Comments |
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EMMS 5MS Technical Specification - Dispatch and Operations - v6.0 |
Dispatch and Bidding |
Project completion |
v6.00 Participants can commence their system builds but changes are still imminent due to participant feedback. |
November 2020 | L2-D1 | Section 8 – Implementation proposes the transition approach – this is subject to adoption by the Readiness Workstream |
| Format and Validation for Energy, FCAS, and MNSP Bids and Offers | January 2020 | |||||
| Draft Guide to Energy and FCAS Web Bids - v2.02 | ||||||
| Guide to API Energy, FCAS, and MNSP Bids and Offers | Provides assistance to developers and users of the Bidding API | v1.00 | November 2020 |
Metering
| Technical Document | Content | Final Version Due | Status | Last Release | SWG Related Level 2 Milestone | Comments |
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MDFF Specification NEM12 and NEM 13 - v2.10 |
MDFF format to support 5-minute meter data | Final | 30 Apr 19 | 22 May 19 | L2-M2 |
Completed Specification agreed as final in SWG #11 |
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MSATS 46.98 Technical Specification - v4.00 MSATS 46.98 Technical Specification - marked up v4.00 MSATS 46.99 Technical Specification MSATS 47.00 Technical Specification MDM File Format and Load Process - v5.14 MDM File Format and Load Process - v5.14 marked up with content changes
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The 5MS retail project has 3 separate MSATS releases:
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Final |
v4.00 |
18 Jan 2021 | ||
| Guide to NEM Retail B2M APIs | Final | v1.00 | 16 Sep 20 | |||
| Draft Guide to MSATS Web Portal v12.03 |
Settlements
| Technical Document | Content | Final Version Due | Status | Last Release | SWG Related Level 2 Milestone | Comments |
| Web interface updates – Chapter 3, More API details and JSON schema. |
Final |
04 Dec 2019 |
L2-D1 | N/A |
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Updates 5MS rule change commencement dates |
Final | 13 October 2020 | 13 October 2020 | L2-S7 | Published for 5MS Settlements Package 3 Staging | |
| New chapter detailing weekly activity available in Staging | Final | 13 May 2020 | 13 May 2020 | L2-S7 | Published for 5MS Settlements Package 3 Staging | |
| Guide to Electricity Reallocations | Updates 5MS rule change commencement dates |
Final |
21 August 2020 |
21 August 2020 |
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| All sections | Final | 21 August 2020 | 21 August 2020 | |||
| 5MS Reallocations production release notes | Enhancements being delivered through this release and links to the relevant system documents. | Final | 25 Mar 2020 | 1 April 2020 | L2-S12 | N/A |
| All sections | Draft | 13 May 2020 | 13 May 2020 | L2-S7 | Published for 5MS Settlement Package 3 Staging | |
| Guide to Publishing Direct APIs | First draft for API guide | Draft |
16 November 2020 |
16 November 2020 | ||
| Guide to NEM Prudential Dashboard | All sections |
Draft |
13 May 2020 |
13 May 2020 |
L2-S7 |
Published for 5MS Settlement Package 3 Staging |
| All sections | Draft | 13 May 2020 | 13 May 2020 | L2-S7 | Published for 5MS Settlement Package 3 Staging | |
| Guide to NEM Prudential APIs | First draft for API guide | Draft | 16 November 2020 |
16 November 2020 | ||
| Guide to NEM Credit Support | Adds minor updates to the Using Credit Support Portal and Example Scenarios chapters. | Draft | 11 November 2020 | 11 November 2020 | L2-S7 |
Published for 5MS Settlement Package 3 Staging |
Existing guides updated for 5MS changes
| Technical Document | Content | Last Release |
| Connecting to AEMO IT Systems | Updated to include 5MS changes - adds API service chapter along with other updates. | 28 Aug 20 |
| Guide to User Rights Management | Updated to include new entities for 5MS changes. | 07 Dec 20 |