Market Notices

Change Number: CHG0040847

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Operations and Planning Data Management

Change Title: Planned System Change - Site Transfer - Operation and Planning Data Management System (OPDMS) (From QLD to NSW)

Change Start Date & Time: 23/11/2016 10:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 23/11/2016 12:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 23/11/2016 10:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 23/11/2016 12:00:00 AEST

Change Description:

The OPDMS Production System is to be transferred to the alternate site to support maintenance activities.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

OPDMS Production will be unavailable for the duration of the outage. OPDMS Production users must close any OPMDS client and other dependent applications prior to the outage commencement.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0040903

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: MSATS - Consumer Administration and Transfer Solution

Change Title: Planned System Change - MSATS Pre-Production Patch Release

Change Start Date & Time: 23/11/2016 09:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 23/11/2016 12:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 23/11/2016 09:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 23/11/2016 12:00:00 AEST


Change Description:

Maintenance on Market Settlement and Transfer Solutions (MSATS) to increase reliability, stability and security.

Environment: Pre-Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

No action required. Access to all parts of the pre-production Electricity MSATS system will not be available during the outage period. Access should be attempted outside the specified outage times.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0041217

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: EMMS - Data Interchange

Change Title: Planned System Change - EMMS update with new VAr Dispatch features

Change Start Date & Time: 23/11/2016 09:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 23/11/2016 15:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time:

Outage End Date & Time:

Change Description:

This change applies improvements to the VDS NEMReports and VDS WebPortal as part of the VAr Dispatch project. This change notice is for Pre-production EMMS only.

See link to change documentation under EMMS section:
http://www.aemo.com.au/Electricity/National-Electricity-Market-NEM/IT-systems-and-change/IT-change

Directl link to the zip file:
http://aemo.com.au/-/media/Files/Electricity/NEM/IT-Systems-and-Change/2016/EMMS-Release-Schedule-and-Technical-Specification---November-2016.zip

Environment: Pre-Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Awareness of the change. No Impact to participants. No downtime. The web portal will refresh automatically once the new version is available.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Please be advised that this particular Emergency Change has been "CANCELLED" due to unforeseen circumstances.

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Change Number: CHG0041157

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Emergency

Change Type: Emergency

Service/ Component: EMMS

Change Title: Emergency System Maintenance - Electricity MMS Production Site Transfer (From NSW to QLD) - Cancelled

Outage Start Date & Time: 10/11/2016 14:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 10/11/2016 15:30:00 AEST

Change Description:

There is an emergency site transfer planned at 14:00 to mitigate an infrastructure problem. Dispatch cycles may be missed during the transfer. MegaVar dispatch screen will be unavailable for a short period during this time

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Awareness of Site Transfer. There may be some interruptions to the service during this window.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

NB. AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) is equivalent to UTC + 10 hrs.

Change Number: CHG0041157

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Emergency

Change Type: Emergency

Service/ Component: EMMS

Change Title: Emergency System Maintenance - Electricity MMS Production Site Transfer (From NSW to QLD)

Outage Start Date & Time: 10/11/2016 14:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 10/11/2016 15:30:00 AEST

Change Description:

There is an emergency site transfer planned at 14:00 to mitigate an infrastructure problem. Dispatch cycles may be missed during the transfer. MegaVar dispatch screen will be unavailable for a short period during this time

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Awareness of Site Transfer. There may be some interruptions to the service during this window.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

NB. AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) is equivalent to UTC + 10 hrs.

Change Number: CHG0041062

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: MSATS - Consumer Administration and Transfer Solution

Change Title: Planned System Change - MSATS Production Year-End 2016 - Release 46.86 - Stage 2

Change Start Date & Time: 16/11/2016 17:30:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 16/11/2016 19:30:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 16/11/2016 17:30:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 16/11/2016 19:30:00 AEST

Change Description:

The MSATS Production system will be upgraded with the MSATS 46.86 Year-end Release as per the change notice 933A issued on 12th August 2016.

Note: This release implements the latest version of Enumerations (7.0).

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

Awareness of this Outage. MSATS Production environment will be unavailable during the outage times mentioned above.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Change Number: CHG0040814

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: QLD MARKETNET POP

Change Title: Planned System Outage - Software Upgrade - QLD MarketNet VPN POP

Change Start Date & Time: 16/11/2016 08:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 16/11/2016 14:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 16/11/2016 08:30:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 16/11/2016 12:00:00 AEST

Change Description:

Software Upgrade is performed to increase the reliability and stability of the QLD MarketNet VPN POP.

Purpose: Software Upgrade is performed to increase the reliability and stability of the QLD MarketNet VPN POP.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

All MarketNet access via the QLD VPN POP

IPWAN - 1 x 30 second disruptions.

Redirect VPN access via the NSW VPN POP:
- Site-to-Site: 202.44.78.10
- VPN Variable: 202.44.78.8

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Market Notice

Change Number: CHG0040831

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Declared Wholesale Gas Market

Change Title: Planned System Maintenance to Declared Wholesale Gas Market Production Systems

Change Start Date & Time: 08/11/2016 18:30:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 08/11/2016 20:30:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 08/11/2016 18:30:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 08/11/2016 20:30:00 AEST

Change Description:

Maintenance is to be performed on the Production Declared Wholesale Gas Market Systems to increase the reliability, security and stability. During the maintenance, there will be an outage as per the times mentioned.

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

The following impacts are expected during the maintenance window:
- All access to theMIBB & WEX Systems will be unavailable.
- All access to the MIBB for the NSW/ACT Retail Gas Market Participants will be unavailable.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.

Market Notice

Change Number: CHG0040836

Notification issued to: Market Notice

Notification Type: Initial

Change Type: Normal

Service/ Component: Gas - Retail

Change Title: Planned System Maintenance - GFRC Production Systems including B2B hub - Norwest

Change Start Date & Time: 13/11/2016 10:00:00 AEST

Change End Date & Time: 13/11/2016 14:00:00 AEST

Outage Start Date & Time: 13/11/2016 10:00:00 AEST

Outage End Date & Time: 13/11/2016 14:00:00 AEST


Change Description:

Planned maintenance activities will be performed on the Production Gas Full Retail Contestability and GAS B2B Systems. There will be no access to the Production Gas Full Retail Contestability and Gas B2B systems for the duration of the outage period

Environment: Production

Participant Impact and Requirements:

The following impacts are expected during this maintenance:
- All access to the VIC & QLD RETAIL GFRC Production Systems will be unavailable.
- All access to the GasB2B hub will be unavailable.

Support Information:
Report any impacts to the AEMO Information and Support Hub or on External 1300 236 600.