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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Draft EMMS Technical Specification - 5MS - Data Model v5.00 Draft EMMS Technical Specification - 5MS - Data Model v5.00 (marked up) |
Adds new chapter to include non-5MS Data Model table changes. |
Draft | 23 September 2020 | 23 September 2020 |
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 - v5.05 |
Section 3 - Dispatch and Bidding
Section 4 - FTP Interfaces Data Model - Section 7.2 Section 8 - Implementation Section 12 - Bidding JSON Format |
Working document |
Draft Participants can commence their system builds but changes are still imminent due to participant feedback. |
June 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 and FCAS Bids and Offers | June 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 - v3.00 MSATS 46.98 Technical Specification - marked up v3.00 MDM File Format and Load Process - v5.14 marked up with content changes
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Transition
MDFF and MDMF meter data load process
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Final |
v3.00 |
18 Aug 20 | ||
| Guide to NEM Retail B2M APIs | Final | v1.00 | 16 Sep 20 |
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 getAvailableFiles API response and examples and adds Direction CRA report update. |
Final | 1 July 2020 | June 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 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 Credit Support | All sections | Draft | 13 May 2020 | 13 May 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. | 28 Aug 20 |