AEMO is undertaking a consultation on the Declared Wholesale Gas Markets (DWGM) Wholesale Market Procedures and the Retail Market Procedures (RMP) (Victoria) required as a result of:
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The AEMC’s rule changes for Declared Wholesale Gas Market (DWGM) distribution connected facilities. Click AEMC consultation webpage link;
- National Gas Rule (NGR) amendments (Final) for distribution connected facilities (DCF). Click link to view.
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The AEMC’s rule changes for extending the regulatory frameworks to include hydrogen and renewable gases, click AEMC consultation webpage link;
- National Gas Rule (NGR) amendments (Final):
for hydrogen and renewable gases– Part19. Click link to view
for hydrogen and renewable gases– Part15A to 18A Click link to view.
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The Victorian Minister requested that Procedures be amended to implement zonal heating values (ZHV) for all Victorian consumers to ensure customers participating in gas blending projects, including the HyP Murray Valley project, are not disadvantaged. Click Minister’s letter link.
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The Victorian Essential Service Commission’s review of the Gas Distribution System Code of Practice. The ESC’s consultation paper on the code changes is available at this link: Reviewing the Gas Distribution System Code of Practice:
- The amendment to the Code will require consequential changes to the Wholesale Market Distribution UAFG Procedure.
- Minor amendments identified by AEMO to add further clarity to some terms used within the Retail Market Procedures.
AEMO consultations papers are broken down into the following packages:
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DWGM wholesale market procedure changes to accommodate the AEMC rule changes, the Minsters request to introduce ZHV and the ESC code changes.
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Retail market changes related to the Minsters request to introduce ZHV (This is initiative IN007-22 and is part of the 2023 Package 3A prioritised program of work).
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Retail market changes related to the Victorian Hydrogen integration includes DCF and AEMC Victorian hydrogen review changes (This includes IN007-21 initiative plus others and is part of the 2023 Package 3B prioritised program of work).
See below for further details on each consultation package.
AEMO is required to complete the Wholesale Market Procedure change, at latest, by 1 February 2024 for a 1 May 2024 effective date.
Consultation Timeline
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Stage |
Date |
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Proposed Procedure Change (PPC) |
15 September 2023 |
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Proposed Procedure Change (PPC) – Part 2 |
26 September 2023 |
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PPC Consultation Submissions due |
16 October 2023 |
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Impact and Implementation Report (IIR) |
30 October 2023 |
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IIR Consultation Submissions due |
28 November 2023 |
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Notice of Decision |
15 December 2023 |
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Notice of Effective Date |
28 March 2024 |
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Expected Effective Date of Procedure |
1 May 2024 |
Notice of Effective Date Documents
Attachment A - Procedures:
The following Wholesale Market Procedures are provided, in non-track changed format, with the effective date specified in this notice:
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28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Connection Approval Procedures
This document is the connection approval procedures effective 1 May 2024.
382.38 KB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Distribution Operation Procedures
This document contains the distribution operational coordination procedures and net bidding facility procedures effective 1 May 2024.
265.23 KB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Gas Quality Procedures
This document is the gas quality monitoring procedures effective 1 May 2024.
631.51 KB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Maintenance Planning Procedures
This document is the maintenance planning procedures effective 1 May 2024.
401.6 KB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Management Procedures
This document contains the additional reporting procedures, electronic communication procedures, gas ownership rules and rule consultation procedures effective 1 May 2024.
342.7 KB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Metering Procedures
This document contains the metering uncertainty limits and calibration requirements procedures, energy calculation procedures, metering communication procedures, installation database procedures, metering installation coordination procedures, metering register procedures and data validation procedures effective 1 May 2024.
618.51 KB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Operation Procedures
This document contains the accreditation procedures, administered pricing procedures, capacity certificates auction procedures, capacity certificate transfer procedures, LNG reserve procedures and gas scheduling procedures effective 1 May 2024.
1.04 MB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market Settlement Procedures
This document contains the ancillary payment procedures, uplift payment procedures, compensation procedures and distribution UAFG procedures effective 1 May 2024.
1.01 MB -
28/03/2024
Wholesale Market System Security Procedures
This document is the system security procedures effective 1 May 2024.
736.99 KB
The Victorian Retail Market Procedures are provided, in non-track changed format, with the effective date are published to this location:
Attachment B – Technical Documents:
The following DWGM Technical Documents are provided, in non-track changed format, with the effective date specified in this notice:
The Victorian Retail Market Procedures are provided, in non-track changed format to this location:
External Victorian HVZ Transition Plan
This document provides a Transition Plan and Process to enable a ‘once-off’ process to enable synchronisation of the new Victorian Heating Value Zones (HVZ) between Distribution businesses, Financially Responsible Organisation (FRO) and AEMO.
Declared Wholesale Gas Market – Wholesale Market Procedure Consultations
DWGM - Notice of Decision documents
Attachment A - Wholesale Market Procedures
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15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Connection Approval Procedures (track)
472.66 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Distribution Operation Procedures (track)
306.14 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Gas Quality Monitoring Procedures (track)
681.35 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Maintenance Planning Procedures (track)
462.5 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Management Procedures (track)
385.98 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Metering Procedures (track)
784.95 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Operation Procedures (track)
1.19 MB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Settlement Procedures (track)
1.09 MB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market System Security Procedures (track)
914.63 KB
DWGM IIR Documents:
Attachment A
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30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Connection Approval Procedures (track)
483.96 KB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Distribution Operation Procedures (track)
317.46 KB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Gas Quality Monitoring Procedures (track)
681.81 KB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Maintenance Planning Procedures (track)
462.92 KB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Management Procedures (track)
385.56 KB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Metering Procedures (track)
762.61 KB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Operation Procedures (track)
1.16 MB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market Settlement Procedures (track)
1.08 MB -
30/10/2023
Wholesale Market System Security Procedures (track)
914.01 KB
Attachment B
DWGM – Participant responses to PPC
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30/10/2023
DWGM – PPC Response – AGIG
209.76 KB -
20/10/2023
DWGM – PPC Response – AGL
269.12 KB -
20/10/2023
DWGM – PPC Response – APA
664.04 KB -
20/10/2023
DWGM – PPC Response – Bioenergy Australia
111.28 KB -
20/10/2023
DWGM – PPC Response – Origin Energy
97.47 KB -
20/10/2023
DWGM – PPC Response – Red and Lumo
106.75 KB
Attachment A - Wholesale Market Procedures
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15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Connection Approval Procedures (track)
472.66 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Distribution Operation Procedures (track)
306.14 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Gas Quality Monitoring Procedures (track)
681.35 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Maintenance Planning Procedures (track)
462.5 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Management Procedures (track)
385.98 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Metering Procedures (track)
784.95 KB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Operation Procedures (track)
1.19 MB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market Settlement Procedures (track)
1.09 MB -
15/12/2023
Wholesale Market System Security Procedures (track)
914.63 KB
Attachment D
Gas Retail Market – Retail Market Procedure Consultation
Retail market changes - Notice of Decision
Consultation documents for Package 3A - Zonal Heating Value:
Consultation documents for Package 3B - Hydrogen and minor RMP changes
Retail market changes - IIR
Consultation documents for Package 3A - Zonal Heating Value
Consultation documents for Package 3B – Hydrogen and minor RMP changes
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30/10/2023
Retail IIR – Package 3B Retail Market Hydrogen and minor RMP changes
431.79 KB -
30/10/2023
Attachment A – Retail Market Procedures
1.52 MB -
30/10/2023
Attachment B – Guide to understanding the scope of the Victorian DWGM and Retail Market
445.49 KB -
30/10/2023
Attachment C – Package 3B IIR Retail Market Response Template
42.7 KB
Retail Market changes - PPC
Consultation documents for Package 3A - Zonal Heating Value
Consultation documents for Package 3B – Hydrogen and minor RMP changes
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15/09/2023
PPC - Package 3B Retail Market Hydrogen and minor RMP changes
260.96 KB -
15/09/2023
Attachment A - Retail Market Procedures (Victoria) - version 18.0 (marked up)
1.58 MB -
15/09/2023
Attachment B - Guide to understanding the scope of the Victorian DWGM and Retail Market
432.01 KB -
15/09/2023
Attachment C- Package 3B PPC Retail procedure response template
42.78 KB