Since this web page was published, the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) Rules have been renamed the Electricity System and Market (ESM) Rules, and the Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity Market) Regulations 2004 (WEM Regulations) have been renamed the Electricity Industry (Electricity System and Market) Regulations 2004 (ESM Regulations). Changes have not been made to this web page to reflect this updated name.
Exposure Draft 1 of the Tranche 6 WEM Amending Rules includes draft amendments relating to:
Scheduling Day processes and STEM Obligations
Outage quantity calculations
Reserve Capacity Mechanism – Certification and Network Access Quantities
Non-Co-optimised Essential System Services (NCESS) – Submission of requests to the Coordinator of Energy
Supplementary Essential System Services (SESSM) – Market Participant Obligations
Reporting on the effectiveness of the market
A second exposure draft for Tranche 6, which will contain further proposed changes to the WEM Rules, is expected to be published for consultation in August 2022.
A copy of Exposure Draft 1 of the Tranche 6 WEM Amending Rules can be found below.
Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the exposure draft before 5:00pm, 12 May 2022 by submitting comments to energymarkets@energy.wa.gov.au.