Procedures

The following procedures and guidelines are published by NTESMO.

You can email any enquiries to the Market Operator.

NMI Allocation Procedure
NTESMO procedure outlining the principles for allocating and registering National Metering Identifiers (NMIs) for metering installations in the Northern Territory.
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NTESMO Communications Guideline
This is to detail the information exchange rules for the Northern Territory Electricity Market (NTEM).
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NTESMO B2B Procedure Customer and Site Details Notification Process
This Procedure specifies the standard process and data requirements for the communication, updates and reconciliation of Customer, Life Support and Site details
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NTESMO Standing data for MSATS
Details the data requirements for the various data elements comprising the CATS Standing Data stored for each NMI, together with relevant examples and definitions.
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NTESMO MSATS Procedure principles and obligations for all connection points
These are the MSATS Procedures – Consumer Administration and Transfer Solution (CATS) Procedure Principles and Obligations made under clause S7A.1.3 of the NT NER Rules.
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NTESMO B2B Procedure Technical delivery specification
This Procedure defines Participant interactions with the e-Hub.
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NTESMO B2B Procedure Service order process
This B2B Procedure: Service Order Process published by NTESMO in accordance with clause S7A.1.3 of the NT NER, and specifies Service Order communication and transaction data.
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NTESMO B2B Procedure one way notification process
NTESMO B2B Procedure One way notification process - Not used in NT procedures.
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NTESMO B2B Procedure Meter data process
Provides participants a standard format for receiving, requesting & querying meter data.
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NTESMO B2B Procedure Meter data file format NEM12 NEM13
This specifies the Meter Data File Format (MDFF) to be used by MDPs for the provision of metering data to MDPs, Registered Participants and NTESMO.
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NTESMO Secure System Guidelines Version 5
Secure System Guidelines Version 5 outlines operational standards for frequency, voltage, system adequacy, and ancillary services across NT's regulated power systems.
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Power system incident reporting guidelines v1
This guideline aims to provide a framework to review, investigate, and report power system incidents to check the effectiveness of power system security.
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NTESMO Business to Business Guide
Describes how B2B Communications are used in standard processes in the NTEM to assist participants when forming respective bilateral/commercial agreements.
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Generator Offer Procedure
The Generator Offer Procedure specifies the principles and supporting rules, and point of clarification for submitting daily dispatch offers to the Power System Controller.
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The Settlement Statements and Timetable Procedure
NTESMO procedure outlining the preparation, issue and timing of settlement statements for participants in the Interim Northern Territory Electricity Market.
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Market Timetable Procedure
The Market Timetable Procedure specifies the period that various documents are to be provided to the Power System Controller or provided by the Power System Controller to relevant stakeholders.
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Generating Unit Tie Break Procedure
The Generator Offer Procedure specifies the principles and supporting rules, and point of clarification for submitting daily dispatch offers to the Power System Controller.
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Plant Outage Procedure
The Plant Outage Procedure specifies the processes for System Participants to gain approval for generation, transmission, or distribution plant outages.
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Generator Forecasting Compliance Procedure
Seeks to address the Network Technical Code (Code) requirement for Power and Water to publish a procedure that specifies the process to be used to detect and respond to generator capacity forecasting non-compliance to the accuracy obligations of the Code.
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Secure System Guidelines Version 4.2
Sets out the principles for determining whether a Power System operated under Licence from the NT Utilities Commission is in a Secure Operating State.
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Meter data substitution and estimation procedure
This document applies to any meter data made available to the Market Operator where Metering Services has advised that a RecorderID has partial data.
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IES Deemed Load Profile Proposal
NTESMO procedure outlining the deemed load profile used to estimate and profile IES electricity consumption for market settlement purposes.
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