Dispatchable load purchaser audits

Dispatchable load purchaser audits

Dispatchable load purchasers are required to obtain and maintain certification to offer dispatchable load into the electricity market.

A dispatchable load purchaser submits bids and responds to dispatch instructions at a dispatch capable load station.

Dispatchable load purchasers must submit metering information for their dispatch capable load stations daily to the grid owner, and monthly to the reconciliation manager.

When a dispatchable load purchaser is audited

Audits should be carried out and submitted:

• within four months from when the system operator approves the first device/s be a dispatch-capable load station
• on the date that we advise that an audit should take place
• at any time at the request of the industry participant or an approved auditor.

What dispatchable load purchaser audits cover

Dispatchable load purchasers are required to submit regular audits that check processes on:

• gathering and storing raw meter data
• creation and management of volume information, including validating, estimating, storing, correcting, and archiving
• submission of information to the grid owner and reconciliation manager.

If an audit identifies non-compliance with the Code a compliance plan is required to go with the audit. A compliance plan shows how the reconciliation participant will address the non-compliance.

See the following guidelines for dispatchable load purchaser audits and inherent risk register.

Register of certified dispatchable load purchasers and published audits

We keep a register of approved organisations that can carry out the functions of a certified dispatchable load purchaser. The register includes the participants most recent audit, compliance plan, certification expiry date, and next audit date.