Program Implementation Plan
Delivering the Future Power System
Following consultation, the Energy Transformation Taskforce will make decisions on elements of market and regulatory design. These decisions will form the basis for draft market rules and regulations.
Taskforce decisions, information papers and consultation drafts of rules and regulations will be published here as they are completed.
On 24 November 2020 the Minister for Energy, Hon Bill Johnston MLA Gazetted the ‘Tranche 1’ Amending Wholesale Electricity Market Rules, a major milestone in the delivery of the Energy Transformation Strategy. The Tranche 1 Amending Rules comprise:
- a revised suite of Generator Performance Standards for the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) and related monitoring and compliance framework;
- clarified Frequency Operating Standards for the SWIS, relocated from the Technical Rules to the WEM Rules;
- a new framework for classifying and managing Contingency Events; and
- administrative changes to the WEM Rules to improve their clarity (mostly through changes to naming conventions).
The Tranche 1 Amending Rules have been reflected in the Wholesale Electricity Market Rules, which are available (along with those Tranche 1 Amending Rules that have not yet commenced) on the Rule Change Panel website here
The Minister for Energy's Notice in the Government Gazette is available here
| Issue | Information Paper/ Taskforce Decision |
Draft Rules/ Regulations |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Market Parameters | X | X |
| Improving the Technical Rules Change Management Process | X | X |
| Scheduling and Dispatch (Energy) | X | X |
| Power System Constraints Equations Governance Framework | X | X |
| Essential System Services Technical Framework | X | X |
| Essential System Services Acquisition Framework - Frequency Control | X | X |
| Foundation Settings for Market Settlement | X | |
| Scheduling and Dispatch (Essential System Services) | X | X |
| Essential System Services Acquisition Framework - Locational Services | ||
| Outage Management | X | X |
| Market Power Mitigation | ||
| Generator Performance Standards | X | X |
| Market Information | ||
| Market Settlement–Implementation of five-minute settlement, uplift payments and Essential System Services settlement | X | X |
| Registration and Participation Framework | X | |
| Generator Performance Standards - Transitional Arrangements | X | X |
| Frequency Operating Standards | X | X |
| Operating States and Credible Contingency Events | X | X |
The above documents marked with an X can be downloaded below, with the draft amending rules available on our Taskforce Consultation Page.
Whole of System Plan
Whole of System Planning provides an informed view on what Western Australia’s principal electricity system, the South West Interconnected System, might look like over the coming decades. The Whole of System Plan is a detailed study of how our major power system may evolve over the next 20 years.
Using data provided by industry, the plan models four scenarios of how changes in demand, technology, and the economy may shape the way we use electricity and guide the investments we make over the coming decades to achieve lowest-cost, lower-emissions electricity.
The Whole of System Plan was launched on 12 October 2020 and is available below, and on the Brighter Energy Future website.
Whole of System Plan - Consultation
The Energy Transformation Taskforce published two Information Papers on the Whole of System Plan.
These papers reflect extensive engagement and testing with the energy sector on the modelling scenarios and the various inputs and assumptions.
Improving Access to the Western Power Network
Information papers and material relevant to this work stream are available for downloading below.
The Taskforce has released draft Transitional Provisions for information relating to revised implementation timeframes for the changes to the Reserve Capacity Mechanism. To find out more and download a copy of the Draft Transitional Provisions on our web page: Transitional provisions deferral of the 2021 and 2022 Reserve Capacity Cycles.
Distributed Energy Resources
Information papers and material relevant to this work stream are available for downloading below.
The DER Roadmap was published in April 2020 and is available on the Brighter Energy Future website.
Changes to the Electricity Networks Access Code
Changes to the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004 (Access Code) are required to support the delivery of the Energy Transformation Strategy.
Information on the changes and the related stakeholder consultation process are available at the Proposed Changes to the Electricity Networks Access Code page.