Webmethods Helps Australian Energy Market Operator Enhance Australia’s Energy Future

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) was faced with the challenge of offering a single technology platform for all gas market participants to easily transfer information and data in a seamless way for each gas market. It also wanted to more effectively promote greater industry collaboration and flexibility for how participants interacted across the platform. A key part of this challenge was the modernization of the Gas FRC Hub, a B2B platform for the gas retail markets throughout Australia. The hub infrastructure was also planned for use in the NSW/ACT gas retail market.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) plays a crucial role in supporting the energy industry in Australia to deliver a more integrated, secure, and cost-effective national energy supply. AEMO operates the energy markets and systems and also delivers planning advice in eastern and southeastern Australia. AEMO develops and operates retail markets for gas in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and South Australia. The company also provides a similar service to Western Australia for gas under contract with REMCo. AEMO’s retail market systems and processes are integral to competitive energy markets as they allow customers to choose or change their retailer, facilitating large volumes of customer transfers, managing business transactions between retailers and distributors to provide contestable services to customers, and managing metering data to ensure energy usage is properly measured, reconciled, and allocated.