This Rule change requires NEMMCO to publish forecast and historical information in relation to non-scheduled generation in response to recent increases in wind powered generation.  This will improve the efficiency of decision making by market participants.

Background

On 6 April 2005 NEMMCO submitted to NECA a proposal to amend the National Electricity Code to allow NEMMCO to publish information in relation to non-scheduled generation. NECA conducted a first round consultation on this proposal - submissions closed on 25 May 2005.

Under the National Electricity Law (NEL) transitional provisions, consideration of this Rule proposal became the Commission's responsibility on 1 July 2005.

The Commission decided to dispense with the first round consultation steps under the Rule making process in respect of this Rule proposal because those steps duplicate processes already carried out under the National Electricity Code. The Commission determined therefore to progress this Rule proposal to the stage of issuing a draft Rule determination.

The Commission issued a final determination on the proposed Rule.