2 Proposed Timeline

Milestone

Date

Description

Approval required

n/a

 

For details, see Approval to change

Revised Technical Specification

January 2025

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 production release, the technical specification becomes final and the related documents become the source of truth

Technical Specification Portal

Related Documents publication

Tuesday 2 September 2025

Release of guides and resources mentioned in Related documents

MSUG meeting

Wednesday 13 August 2025

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

This date is tentative. The Knowledge Management Team provides the invitation prior to the meeting

Pre-production refresh

24 - 28 August 2025

Refresh of the retail pre-production system with data from the production system. For more information, see Pre-production Refresh

Pre-production implementation

Tuesday 2 September 2025

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

Pre-production available

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Testing period begins for participants

Participant Testing

9 September 2025 - 28 November 2025

Unstructured participant testing in the pre-production environment

Production implementation

Sunday 26 October 2025

AEMO implements the release to production

Production systems available

Sunday 26 October 2025

Production systems available to participants