The Market Trial is a full-scale, industry-wide, operational trial of STTM systems and processes. It is intended to give participants, and AEMO, an opportunity to bed-down their operations prior to market commencement, by exercising their own processes and systems, and cross-industry processes, without the financial consequences of normal market operation.
The purpose of the Trial is to:
Market Trial information notices provide short-term assistance on an ad hoc basis.
Market Guidance Updates provide information that will be added to future releases of the Guidebook.
The Participant Guidebook is the definitive guide to the Market Trial. This 'how-to' reference provides details of:
As the Trial progresses, the Guidebook may be revised and updated. If material changes occur, the Guidebook will be updated to reflect those changes and republished.
The User Guide provides a step-by-step guide to using the market systems (SWEX, SWEXIE and MIS).
These drafts have been provided for Market Trial purposes only - final versions will be released in the near future.
The Market Trial of the STTM was launched at a workshop on Tuesday 23 February 2010.
The Market Trial Entry Criteria Report shows progress towards meeting the entry criteria for the Market Trial of the STTM.