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 33, incorporating the following Rule made by the Commission:

the National Electricity Amendment (Confidentiality Provisions for Network Connections) Rule 2009 No. 20

Rules version: 33 Commencement date: 12-Nov-09

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Version 33 of the Rules 5543KB
Coversheet and contents 296KB 296KB
Chapter 1: Introduction 147KB 273KB
Chapter 2: Registered Participants and Registration 255KB 505KB
Chapter 2A: Regional Structure 221KB 345KB
Chapter 3: Market Rules 1120KB 2675KB
Chapter 4: Power System Security 471KB 901KB
Chapter 5: Network Connection 1026KB 2412KB
Chapter 6: Economic Regulation of Distribution Service 524KB 831KB
Chapter 6A: Economic Regulation of Transmission Services 705KB 1213KB
Chapter 7: Metering 481KB 1057KB
Chapter 8: Administrative Functions 354KB 578KB
Chapter 8A: Participant Derogations 157KB 244KB
Chapter 9: Jurisdictional Derogations and Transitional Arrangements 483KB 1252KB
Chapter 10: Glossary 525KB 1354KB
Chapter 11: Savings and Transitional Rules 860KB 1532KB