Common Quality

• Technical Code C - Information guide pdf [49 KB]

Compliance

• Non half hour meter frequency guidelines pdf [59 KB]
• Template for frequency meter reads reports .xls [37KB] (note there are 3 worksheets in this spreadsheet)

Note: these documents are under review

Retail

• Audit
• Information paper for auditors when auditing distributor and reconciliation participants v2.0
  
• Information paper for reconciliation participants and distributors audit and certification requirements v2.0
• Certified reconciliation participant audit guidelines v3.0
  
• Distributor audit guidelines v3.0
  
• Commonly used acronyms and terms
• Commonly used acronyms pdf [88 KB]
• Customer Service Lines
• Ownership and maintenance of customer service lines pdf [177KB]
• Metering

• Metering installations information paper v1.0 pdf [69 KB]
• Application for a metering installation variation
• Advanced metering policy
• Guidelines for advanced metering infrastructure
• Recertification of category 2 metering installations v3.0 pdf [135 KB]
• Burdening of transformers pdf [147 KB]
• Information guide: code of practice D5 variations (consumer metering) - this guideline is under review and will be available soon.
• Metering equipment owner obligations under the Rules pdf [178 KB]
• Test house
• How to become a test house v4.0 pdf [141 KB]

• Reconciliation
• Certified reconciliation participant application form
• Guidelines on electricity supplied pdf [53 KB]
• Balancing area guidelines and network supply point implementation details v2.0 pdf [119 KB]
• Unmetered load management guidelines v1.0 pdf [696 KB]
  
• Guidelines on the calculation and use of loss factors for reconciliation purposes pdf [133 KB] Note: this document will be reviewed by the Loss Factor Review Panel in early 2009
• Default thresholds to be used under the Rules pdf [165 KB]
• Profiling
• Profile guide pdf [57 KB] (note: this document is under review)
  
• Approved profiles v2.2 pdf [130 KB]
• Secondary networks
• Guidelines for metering, reconciliation and registry arrangements for secondary networks pdf [217 KB]
• Registry
• Registry access policy Note: this document is under review
• Registry access application form
• Information paper on the registry version 3.0
  

• Retailer
• How to become and electricity retailer (note: this document is under review)
  
• Approved switch advisory codes pdf [63 KB] (note: this document is under review)

Transmission

• CAE discussion Paper on VoLL [PDF, 147KB]
• Castalia Report - Hedging Foreign Exchange Risks PDF [99 KB]
• Covec Ltd report on locational pricing [PDF, 272 KB]
• Farrier Swier report on transmission contract structure and counterparties [PDF, 579 KB]
• Farrier Swier report annexures [PDF, 109KB]
• Farrier Swier report on performance incentives [PDF, 250 KB]
• Frontier Economics report on process and guidelines for transmission pricing methodology [PDF, 535 KB]
• Frontier Economics report on grid investment test [PDF, 468 KB]
• Part F briefing session
• PB Asscociates report on probablistic transmission planning [PDF, KB]
• Saha International report on alternatives to investment in the transmission grid [PDF, KB]
• SKM Report [PDF, 915KB]

Wholesale

• Embedded generation
  
• Information sheet pdf [42 KB]
• Pricing
  
• Pricing process pdf [61 KB]
• Pricing inputs table pdf [34 KB]
• The System Operator has written an overview paper that describes the process it follows to investigate and resolve infeasibilities and high spring washer price situations that arise from time to time in the pricing schedules.