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2025 Flexible Trading Arrangements

30/09/2025
Market National Electricity Market
StageFinal Report
ConvenorAEMO NEM
Initiated11/04/2025
Accepting submissions?No

On August 15, 2024, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) published the FTA Rule and determination regarding the "Unlocking Consumer Energy Resources (CER) benefits through flexible trading" project. This FTA Rule aims to enhance the flexibility of how consumer energy resources, such as solar panels and batteries, are used and traded within the National Electricity Market (NEM). The primary objective is to enable consumers to manage their energy usage more effectively and to participate actively in the market.

The FTA Rule introduces changes to integrate CER into the NEM, allowing consumers or their service providers to manage CER in ways that provide benefits to the customer and to the energy system. It also includes provisions for measuring energy from previously unmetered supply points, street furniture connections (e.g. streetlights, EV chargers).

To support this rule, new metering types – type 8 and type 9 – have been introduced offering cost effective metering solutions to measure secondary settlements point and street furniture connections

AEMO has concluded consultation on the changes to the Retail Electricity Market Procedures under the National Electricity Rules (NER) in response to the “Unlocking Consumer Energy Resources (CER) benefits through flexible trading" rule.

The Rule commences over two effective dates:

  • 31 May 2026 – The commencement of type 9 metering installations.
  • 1 November 2026 – The commencement of the remainder of the Rule.

This consultation has considered impacts to Retail Electricity Metering procedures for both effective dates.

This consultation was consulted in accordance with the Rules consultation requirements detailed in clause 7.16.6C of the National Electricity Rules.

 
 

  • First stage
  • Second stage
  • Final stage

First stage submissions

First stage consultation documents

New procedure

Change mark procedures

Effective date: 31 May 2026

Effective date: 1 November 2026

Second stage submissions

Second stage consultation documents

New Procedure

Change mark procedures

Effective date: 1 October 2025

Effective date: 31 May 2026

Effective date: 1 November 2026

AEMO artefacts for noting

Final stage consultation documents

New Procedure

Change mark procedures have been provided for:

Effective date: 31 May 2026

Effective date: 1 November 2026

AEMO artefacts for noting

ConsultationsNational Electricity Market
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