NEM Reform Implementation Roadmap

AEMO’s NEM Reform Implementation roadmap (the Roadmap) provides AEMO and stakeholders with a holistic view of the reforms impacting Australia’s east coast Electricity and Gas markets. The purpose of the Roadmap is to de-risk delivery, inform implementation timing and minimise implementation cost. The Roadmap will be revised periodically to reflect changes in scope or timelines as policy or designs are being finalised or as new rule determinations are made.

Supporting documentation

Key considerations

The NEM Reform Program (the Program) continues to be a large scale, complex industry wide program designed to deliver the significant volume of reforms in support of the energy transition and Australia’s drive towards a net-zero emission economy.

The scope of the Program has evolved and will continue to evolve over time as new rule changes or policies are assessed and announced and as uncertainty associated with the scope, design, requirements, or timeline for implementing initiatives reduces.

This evolution has been reflected in version 6 of the NEM Reform Implementation Roadmap (the Roadmap) and supporting artefacts, developed in conjunction with Reform Delivery Committee (RDC) members and the Programs’ change management process.

Key updates to the Roadmap include:

• Market Interface Technology Enhancements (MITE) – Progression of initiatives including Identity and Access Management, Industry Data Exchange and Portal Consolidation, following industry engagement including indicative implementation timeframes.
• Inclusion of various new rule changes including allowing AEMO to accept cash as credit support’, ‘Improving the NEM access standards – Package 1’, and ‘Gas Retail Initiatives’.
• Amendments to better align scope and timing across initiatives, including changes to status e.g. Shortening Settlement Cycles’ and ‘Integrating Price Responsive Resources into the NEM’, following publication of a final rules' determination by the AEMC.
• Alignment of DER/CER initiatives with progress against the Commonwealth Government’s National CER Roadmap.

AEMO and the RDC acknowledge the significant work program to be managed in the coming years with several reform initiatives to be delivered with varying impacts across participants, teams, systems and processes. AEMO will continue to work closely with stakeholders to understand the impacts of initiatives, as well as identify bundling and sequencing opportunities where suitable to provide for efficient implementation of the Program. This includes initiative High Level Implementation Assessments and the participant impact assessment tool.

Previous versions

Stay informed

The roadmap is maintained in collaboration with the Reform Delivery Committee. Stakeholders can access meeting materials by visiting the dedicated webpage.

For more information, please contact [email protected]