NTESMO Communications Guideline, MSATS and B2B Procedures

Notice of consultation

Date of notice - 17 March 2026

This Notice of First Stage of Rules Consultation (Notice) informs all relevant parties including;

  • Northern Territory Electricity Market (NTEM) participants
  • NT Utilities Commission
  • Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO) and
  • Persons who identify themselves to NT Electricity System Market Operator (NTESMO) as interested in the Communications Guideline (Consulted Persons) that NTESMO is conducting a consultation (Consultation) on the Communications Guideline and Market Settlements and Transactions Solutions (MSATS) procedures.

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.

NTESMO Communications Guideline V1.6 Issues Paper

This Issues Paper has been prepared to detail the Proposal. The Changes have been developed under NTESMO’s power to manage the ongoing development of the information exchange processes as contemplated by NT NER S7A.1.3. This Issues Paper has been prepared to detail the Proposal. The Changes have been developed under NTESMO’s power to manage the ongoing development of the information exchange processes as contemplated by NT NER S7A.1.3.

The consultation process

Process stage

NTESMO invites written submissions for the matters under consultation, including any alternative or additional proposals which may provide a more efficient information exchange process for the Northern Territory Electricity Market.

Please use this NTESMO Participant Response template and send any queries in respect of the Consultation in response to this Notice should be sent by email by 5:00pm (ACST) on 1 May 2026 to market.operator@powerwater.com.au .

NTESMO is not obliged to consider late submissions. A late submission should explain the reason for lateness and the detriment to you if NTESMO does not consider the submission.

Please identify any confidential parts of your submission which you wish to remain confidential, explaining why. NTESMO may still publish that information, if it does not consider it to be confidential, and contact will be made prior to publishing. Please note that material identified as confidential may be given less weight in the decision-making process than material that is published.

In your submission, you may request a meeting with NTESMO to discuss the matters under consultation, stating why you consider a meeting is necessary or desirable.

If appropriate, meetings may be held jointly with other Consulted Persons. NTESMO will generally make details of matters discussed at a meeting available to other Consulted Persons and may publish them, subject to confidentiality restrictions.