The FY2028–32 Regulatory Proposal will set out the forecast expenditure Power and Water expects to be incurred in performing NTESMO’s regulated functions across the next 5-year regulatory period from 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2032.
FY2028–32 System Control and Market Operator Charges Review Stakeholder Consultation
Date of notice 29 November 2024 - The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Notice of second stage consultation - NTESMO Communications Guideline 29 November 2024
Date of notice 12 September 2025
The consultation process is now complete. Learn more about the changes to frequency control, system adequacy, and voltage guidelines.
Final report - NTESMO Amendment of the Secure System Guidelines – System Frequency Control
Date of notice 24 January 2025 The publication of this Final Report and Determination (Final Report) concludes the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER) consultation process conducted by NTESMO on proposed changes to the NTESMO Communications Guideline.
Date of notice 24 January 2025 - The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
January 24 2025 -Notice of consultation - NTESMO Communications Guideline
Date of notice 26 May 2025 - The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Date of notice 14 July 2025
NTESMO is conducting a consultation on amendments to the Secure System Guidelines (SSG) under the NT Electricity Rules. Submissions close 5:00pm ACST, 4 August 2025. Learn more about proposed changes to frequency control, system adequacy, and voltage guidelines.
Notice of consultation - NTESMO Amendment of the Secure System Guidelines – System Frequency Control
Date of notice 18 July 2025
NTESMO has consulted on the proposed adoption of the Communications Guideline and associated MSATS and B2B procedures in accordance with the Rules Consultation Procedures in clause 8.9 of the NT NER, as required by clause S7A.1.3 of the NT NER.
The Secure System Guidelines Version 4.2 was approved on 30 April 2020. This supersedes the Secure System Guidelines Version 4.0 which was updated to reflect the Utilities Commission (UC) final decision
Notice of consultation – RESIP - Inputs, Assumptions and Scenario Report Date of Notice 14 June 2024. NTESMO is seeking to consult with stakeholders on the Regulated Electricity System Investment Plan (RESIP) – Draft Inputs, Assumption and Scenario Report (IASR).
Notice of consultation – RESIP – Draft Inputs, Assumptions and Scenario Report
Date of notice 18 October 2024 - The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Date of notice 6 September 2024 - The publication of this Final Report and Determination (Final Report) concludes the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER) consultation process conducted by NTESMO in respect of changing the effective date of the documents.
Notice of final report- Communications Guideline minor amendment
This Notice of First Stage of Rules Consultation (Notice) informs all relevant parties. The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Notice of minor amendment consultation - NTESMO Communications Guideline
This Notice of First Stage of Rules Consultation (Notice) informs all relevant parties. The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Notice of minor amendment consultation - NTESMO Communications Guideline
Date of notice 5 April 2024. This Notice of the Second Stage of rules Consultation (Notice) informs all relevant parties. The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Notice of second stage consultation – NTESMO Communications Guideline and MSATS Procedures
Date of notice 07 June 2024. NTESMO has consulted on the proposed adoption of the Communications Guideline and associated MSATS and B2B procedures in accordance with the Rules Consultation Procedures in clause 8.9 of the NT NER, as required by clause S7A.1.3 of the NT NER.
Notice of final report- NTESMO Communications Guideline 7 June
Date of Notice 19 April 2024. This Notice of the second stage of the Regulated Electricity System Investment Plan (RESIP) is an invitation to stakeholders, not already engaged in the RESIP development, to contact the RESIP project team regarding inclusion within the RESIP stakeholder group.
Notice of Stage 2 of the Regulated Electricity System Investment Plan
Power and Water, through the NTESMO function, is seeking to consult with stakeholders to assist with the development of required proposals for the next regulatory period commencing from 1 July 2024.
Date of Notice: 31 January 2024 -This Notice of First Stage of Rules Consultation (Notice) informs all relevant parties. The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Notice of consultation - NTESMO Communications Guideline and MSATS Procedures
Power and Water Corporation, in its capacity as the Power System Controller, is seeking to make changes to provisions in the System Control Technical Code (Code) that relate to power system incident reporting procedures.
The Power System Controller is seeking to update the Power System Incident Reporting Guideline (Guideline). The deadline for submissions on the proposed changes to the Guideline has now closed. Power and Water Corporation (System Control) received one submission.
Date of notice 11 September 2023 - The publication of this Final Report and Determination (Final Report) concludes the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER) consultation process conducted by NTESMO in respect of changing the effective date of the documents.
Notice of final report- NTESMO Communications Guideline minor amendment
Date of notice 18 November 2022. NTESMO has consulted on the proposed adoption of the Communications Guideline and associated MSATS and B2B procedures in accordance with the Rules Consultation Procedures in clause 8.9 of the NT NER, as required by clause S7A.1.3 of the NT NER.
These procedures identify the fundamental principles to be adopted by the Market Operator for the preparation and issuing of settlement statements under an agreed timetable, and the necessary information to be included in the statements during operation of the I-NTEM.
The System Strength Impact Assessment Guidelines (SSIAG) and Generator and Load Model Guidelines and Model Change Management Requirements (Model Guidelines) was approved on 16th October 2020. Power and Water thanks all parties who were involved in the consultation process for the draft guidelines.
These documents bring to the attention of market participants, the Market Operator’s intention to use a deemed load profile as one element in determining Jacana Energy’s non-interval meter consumption, and for determining the total IES load at the Transaction Reference Point (TRP). The quantities for these market participants will be determined on a trading interval basis. This document fulfils a requirement in the pending System Control Technical Code for the Market Operator to consult with electricity market stakeholders on a suitable algorithm.
The Generator Offer Procedure specifies the principles and supporting rules, and points of clarification, for submitting daily dispatch offers to the Power System Controller.
The Secure System Guidelines Version 4.2 was approved on 30 April 2020. This supersedes the Secure System Guidelines Version 4.0 which was updated to reflect the Utilities Commission (UC) final decision on Power and Water’s proposed Generator Performance Standards (GPS along with changes identified throughout the GPS consultation process.
The Generating Unit Tie Break Procedure provides a transparent method for dispatching generating units that have identical off-load orders or identical dispatch offer prices at the Pool Price Point.
The Generator Offer Procedure 2.0 and Generating Unit Tie Break Procedure V2.0 revisions were approved on 4 September 2020. These revised procedures supersede V1.0 of both documents. Power and Water would like to thank all parties who were involved in the consultation process of the procedure revisions.
The Market Timetable Procedure specifies the period (in days relative to the trading day) that various documents are to be provided to the Power System Controller or provided by the Power System Controller to relevant stakeholders.
The final 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.
The Plant Outage Procedure 1.0 was approved on 19 October 2020. Power and Water would like to thank all parties who were involved in the consultation process to develop this new procedure.
All Market Customers (Retailers) and Generators need to register with the Market Operator to participate in the Interim Northern Territory Energy Market. Below are the proposed application forms and templates.
This Notice of First Stage of Rules Consultation (Notice) informs all relevant parties. The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Notice of first stage consultation - NTESMO Communications Guideline
Date of notice 12 September 2022. This Notice of the Second Stage of rules Consultation (Notice) informs all relevant parties. The Consultation is being conducted under clause S7A.1.3 of the Northern Territory National Electricity Rules (NT NER), in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements in NT NER clause 8.9.
Notice of second stage consultation – NTESMO Communications Guideline
The National Metering Identifier (NMI) allocation Procedure has been prepared to specify the key principles to be adopted by the Network Operator for the allocation of NMIs to metering installations in the Northern Territory electricity supply industry and the key principles to be adopted by the Market Operator for the registration of those NMIs.
