National Electricity Rules: Current Rules

The National Electricity Rules

The National Electricity Rules govern the operation of the National Electricity Market. The Rules have the force of law, and are made under the National Electricity Law. Copies of the National Electricity Rules are available for inspection at the AEMC's office in Sydney. The National Electricity Law can be found at the South Australian Legislation website.

The current consolidated version of the Rules is Version 49, incorporating the following Rules made by the Commission:

National Electricity Amendment (Network Support and Control Ancillary Services) Rule 2011 No. 2
National Electricity Amendment (Negative Intra-Regional Settlements Residue) Rule 2012 No. 2

Rules version: 49 Commencement date: 5-Apr-12

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National Electricity Rules Version 49 14741KB
Coversheet & contents 438KB 877KB
Chapter 1: Introduction 212KB 478KB
Chapter 2: Registered Participants and Registration 326KB 748KB
Chapter 2A: Regional Structure 252KB 564KB
Chapter 3: Market Rules 1552KB 4124KB
Chapter 4: Power System Security 535KB 1252KB
Chapter 5: Network Connection 1269KB 2605KB
Chapter 6: Economic Regulation of Distribution Service 572KB 1219KB
Chapter 6A: Economic Regulation of Transmission Services 747KB 1515KB
Chapter 7: Metering 640KB 1510KB
Chapter 8: Administrative Functions 382KB 834KB
Chapter 8A: Participant Derogations 62KB 401KB
Chapter 9: Jurisdictional Derogations and Transitional Arrangements 589KB 1250KB
Chapter 10: Glossary 662KB 1789KB
Chapter 11: Savings and Transitional Rules 1068KB 2162KB