Accreditation process

Process

To satisfy AEMO Australian Energy Market Operator that your key business personnel is technologically prepared to interact with the B2B Business-to-Business. Generic term used to refer to defined business-to-business interactions between participants; excludes interactions between a participant and market systems such as MSATS. e-HUB, intending B2B e-Hub An electronic information exchange platform facilitating B2B Communications. Participants follow this process.


Self-accreditation preparation

To prepare for self-accreditation:

For more details about the prerequisites, pre-reading list, accreditation process, required tests, and to obtain the application form, see B2B -Hub Participant Accreditation and Revocation Process.

  1. Complete the pre-reading.

  2. Review the required transactions to test for your role.
    If you believe you do not need to test all required transactions for your role, you can discuss with AEMO’s Metering team to gain approval not to test those transactions. For help, contact AEMO's Support Hub.

  3. Prepare and submit your application to AEMO.
  4. On receipt of your application, AEMO reviews it to ensure you have completed all required information. If not, AEMO will seek further information from you.
  5. Within five business days of receiving the application, AEMO advises you if your application is accepted or rejected and what you need to do.
  6. If accepted, AEMO grants you access to the pre-production B2B e-Hub interface and the B2B Responder so you can complete the self-accreditation process. For more information see Markets Portal system requirements and B2B Self-Accreditation user rights access.

Participant IDs

In the application form, applicants can use their existing Participant IDs or apply for new ones.

Market roles

Because the application for accreditation is based on Participant IDs, a separate Participant ID Registered participant identifier; A company can have more than one Participant ID. is required for each Market Role The role a company has with a connection point in CATS. A single company can have more than one role associated with a NMI.. However, some roles allow for the same Participant ID, such as:

Applicants must complete transaction testing related to their registered Participant ID role.

The B2B e-Hub Consists of the API Portal and the API Gateway for both electricity and gas. market roles are:

Self-accreditation tasks

This topic is a brief overview of the accreditation tasks, for more details, see Complete Self-Accreditation.

Participants currently using B2B via FTP only complete stage 2 testing.

To complete the self-accreditation process:

  1. If required, set up your sending and receiving protocol, either FTP or API, for each transaction. For help, see Set up B2B Delivery Method.
  2. If required, complete stage 1 testing - Messaging Monitoring.
    Messaging tests your ability to connect with the B2B e-HUB using an FTP connection, an API connection, or both. For help, see Complete the tests.
  3. Complete stage 2 testing - Transaction Monitoring.
    Transactions tests your ability to submit, receive, and respond to valid aseXML transactions, relevant to your role.
  4. Monitor your test progress. For help, see Monitor test progress.
  5. Submit your results to AEMO. For help, see Submit test results to AEMO.

Stage one accreditation testing

A successful stage one test is where you have successfully tested one of the following:

  1. FTP messaging
  2. API messaging
  3. FTP and API messaging

Successful stage 1 FTP testing

FTP Messages initiated by the participant

Tests pass if an FTP File transfer protocol message is successfully message acknowledged by the B2B Responder Using the Responder, participants with appropriate access rights can specify the standard transactions they would like to receive. Participants can also search and track the flow of messages between the Responder and themselves..

FTP Messages initiated by the B2B Responder

Tests pass if an FTP message is successfully message acknowledged by the participant.

Successful stage 1 API testing

For API messages initiated by the participant using the push/push or push/pull pattern

Tests pass if an API Application Programming Interface; a set of clearly defined methods of communication between various software components. message is successfully message acknowledged by the B2B Responder.

For API messages initiated by the B2B Responder:

Tests pass if an API message is successfully message acknowledged by the participant using the push/push or push/pull pattern.

Stage 2 accreditation testing

For transactions initiated by the participant

Tests pass if the transaction is successfully Transaction See Relevant Rules or Procedures Acknowledged by the B2B Responder and the transaction status is Completed or Transaction Acknowledged Waiting for a Response.

For transactions initiated by the B2B Responder

Tests pass if you respond with a Transaction Acknowledgement An aseXML realisation of a business acceptance/rejection. and the transaction status is either Completed or Transaction Acknowledged Waiting for a Response.

Application rejected

If AEMO considers that you did not meet the requirements, it sends you notification explaining:

  • The criteria you did not meet.
  • How you can address the matter.
  • The date you must address the unmet criteria for reconsideration. If you fail to address the unmet criteria by the date specified, AEMO deems your application withdrawn.

Accreditation granted

When AEMO grants your accreditation: