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 30, incorporating:

National Electricity Amendment (Victorian Jurisdictional Derogation (Advanced Metering Infrastructure Roll Out)) Rule 2009 No. 2
National Electricity Amendment (Demand Management) Rule 2009 No. 11
National Electricity Amendment (EnergyAustralia Participant Derogation Extension (Settlement Residue Auctions)) Rule 2009 No. 14
National Electricity Amendment (Regulatory Investment Test for Transmission) Rule 2009 No. 15
National Electricity (Australian Energy Market Operator) Amendment Rules 2009

Rules version: 30 Commencement date: 1-Jul-09

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National Electricity Rules Version 30 5507kb
Coversheet & contents 293kb 3161kb
Chapter 1: Introduction 147kb 325kb
Chapter 2: Registered Participants and Registration 255kb 563kb
Chapter 2A: Regional Structure 221kb 421kb
Chapter 3: Market Rules 1108kb 2688kb
Chapter 4: Power System Security 471kb 963kb
Chapter 5: Network Connection 1026kb 2423kb
Chapter 6: Economic Regulation of Distribution Service 523kb 931kb
Chapter 6A: Economic Regulation of Transmission Services 705kb 1280kb
Chapter 7: Metering 481kb 1122kb
Chapter 8: Administrative Functions 354kb 631kb
Chapter 8A: Participant Derogations 157kb 298kb
Chapter 9: Jurisdictional Derogations and Transitional Arrangements 483kb 1308kb
Chapter 10: Glossary 520kb 1400kb
Chapter 11: Savings and Transitional Rules 844kb 1582kb