2 Proposed Timeline

Final date for participant approval of this Release

Published date + 15 business days from final release schedule

AEMO releases new versions of this document as the technical requirements are streamlined. During the project this document is the source of truth.

From the pre-production release, the technical specification is no longer updated, the related documents become the source of truth.

Release schedules and technical specifications

Release of guides and resources mentioned in 1.8 Related documents

Market Systems User Group Meeting (MSUG) to review the technical specification and ask AEMO technical SMEs questions.

This date is tentative. The project manager will provide an invitation one week prior to the meeting

For any existing files with modified or new tables, if participants are subscribed, AEMO moves them to the Legacy version

For more details, see 3.1 Electricity data model v5.4

Participant Data Model scripts released

Refresh of the pre-production system with data refreshed from the production system. An outage of up to five days can occur to the pre-production environment during this period. Participant access is not restricted, however, AEMO do not guarantee the pre-production data content or system availability. During the refresh, access to other AEMO systems such as AWEFS, EMMS, OPDMS, and STTM may be intermittently affected

AEMO implements components of the Release to pre-production for participant testing

AEMO has full access to the system during this period

Participant access is not restricted; however, the data content or system availability is not guaranteed

Testing period begins for participants

Unstructured/bilateral participant testing in the pre-production environment

AEMO implements the release to production

For any existing files with modified or new tables, if participants are subscribed, AEMO moves them to the Legacy version

For more details, see 3.1 Electricity data model v5.4