Market Review: Completed

Overview

On 15 December 2016 the Reliability Panel (Panel) published the Final System Restart Standard (Standard) and a Final Determination explaining the process and outcomes of this review.
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On 15 December 2016 the Reliability Panel (Panel) published the Final System Restart Standard (Standard) and a Final Determination explaining the process and outcomes of this review. 
 
The Standard sets out several key parameters for system restoration following a major supply disruption, including the speed of restoration, how much supply is to be restored and the aggregate level of reliability of System Restart Ancillary Services (SRAS).
 
The Final Standard defines more stringent requirements for the procurement of SRAS which are tailored to the specific requirements of each electrical sub-network.
 
The Final Standard commences on 1 July 2018, to allow AEMO to review the SRAS guidelines and undertake procurement of SRAS.
 
Economic Assessment of System Restart Ancillary Services

The Panel commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to undertake an economic assessment of SRAS for each of the current electrical sub-networks in the National Electricity Market. In response to stakeholder feedback on the Draft Determination the Panel commissioned Deloitte Access Economics to undertake additional analysis to test the sensitivity of the economic assessment results. The economic assessment and supplementary sensitivity analysis reports can be found below.

International Review

The Panel commissioned DGA Consulting to undertake a comparison of International Major Blackouts and Restoration. This report can be found below.

Public Forum

The Panel held two public forums to inform the review of the System Restart Standard.
 
The first public forum occurred on 27 April 2016 to discuss stakeholders’ views relating to the Panels Issues Paper.
 
The second public forum was held on 21 September 2016 to present the Draft Determination and discuss stakeholders’ views relating to the Draft Standard. 
 
The presentations from these forums can be found below.

Background

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) made a rule on 15 April 2015 that amended the requirements for the Panel in determining the Standard.
 
Consequently, the AEMC provided the Panel with Terms of Reference on 30 June 2015 to review the Standard. The Panel has previously reviewed the Standard in 2012, but at the time only minor changes were made. 
 
Timetable

The following table presents key dates for the  review:

Milestone Date
Issues Paper
19 November 2015
Public Forums
27 April 2016
Draft Report and Draft Standard 25 August 2016
Public Forum 21 September 2016
Close of Submissions on Draft Report 27 October 2016
Final Report and Standard 15 December 2016

The revised timetable complies with the Terms of Reference for the review, which require the review to be completed by December 2016.

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Documentation

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FINAL

AEMC Documents

Information Sheet Fact Sheet – Black System Events
Final Determination Final System Restart Standard
Deloitte Access Economics - Economic Assessment of System Restart Ancillary Services in the NEM – Re Park Industrial – Peer Review of NSW Restoration
Deloitte Access Economics - Economic Assessment of System Restart Ancillary Services in the NEM

DRAFT

AEMC Documents

Information Sheet Draft Determination
Deloitte Access Economics - Economic Assessment of System Restart Ancillary Services in the NEM – Re Draft System Restart Standard

Public Forum – 21 September 2016

Reliability Panel - Review of the System Restart Standard - Presentation on the Draft Standard Russ Skelton & Associates - restoration curve query

Submissions

Major Energy Users Hydro Tasmania
Snowy Hydro TransGrid
AEMO Energy Australia
ERM Power Russ Skelton & Associates
ENA Engie
Office of the Technical Regulator for South Australia Origin Energy

AEMO Documents

System Restart: Restoration Curves & Generator Reliability

INITIATION

AEMC Documents

Issues Paper Information Sheet
Terms of Reference DGA Consulting - International comparison of major blackouts and restoration

Submissions

Snowy Hydro Major Energy Users
ERM Power Stanwell
Hydro Tasmania GDF SUEZ Australian Energy
AEMO TransGrid
Grid Australia and Energy Networks Association Russ Skelton & Associates

Late Submissions

South Australian Council of Social Service - received 26 December 2015

Public Forum – 27 April 2016

Reliability Panel - Status of the Review of the System Restart Standard DGA Consulting - International experience on major outages and black start policy
AEMO - System Restart Standard Russ Skelton & Associates - Generators and Major Energy Users perspective
TransGrid - Transmission Networks perspective