Exposure Draft 2 – Tranche 6 Wholesale Electricity Market Amending Rules

Exposure Draft 2 of the Tranche 6 Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) Amending Rules incorporates proposed changes to the WEM Rules to continue the implementation of the WA Government’s Energy Transformation Strategy.
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Change of name from WEM Rules to ESM Rules

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 2 of the Tranche 6 WEM Amending Rules includes draft amendments relating to:

  • new and amended transitional provisions;
  • an updated list of Protected Provisions;
  • changes to Outage management provisions;
  • Real-Time Market changes, including changes to:
    • the provision of forecasts for Semi-Scheduled Facilities and Non-Scheduled Facilities;
    • Real-Time Market Submissions for Non-Scheduled Facilities;
    • dispatch arrangements for Demand Side Programmes; and
    • publication requirements;
  • refinements to capacity refund and settlement calculations;
  • the implementation of a new Market Information framework;
  • the replacement of Appendix 1 (Standing Data);
  • changes to the Generator Performance Standard rules and Appendix 12; and
  • minor error corrections and enhancements across the WEM Rules.

 

A copy of Exposure Draft 2 of the Tranche 6 WEM Amending Rules can be found below.

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