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Manage enterprise offers into New Zealand wholesale electricity market
Level
6
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
the rules relevant to offering energy into the New Zealand wholesale
electricity market; collate and analyse generation system information;
produce and review enterprise offer, submit offer, and report on enterprise
offer into the wholesale market.
Subfield
Electricity Supply
Domain
Electricity Supply - Power System Management
Status
Registered
Status date
23 April 2008
Date version published
23 April 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 15574, Demonstrate knowledge of
the New Zealand electricity market operation and
regulation, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and
skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0120
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment. The
range statements across the unit standard can be applied according to enterprise
specific equipment, procedures, and processes.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop.
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3
Performance and work practices in relation to the elements and performance criteria
must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act 1992, and any
regulations and codes of practice recognised under that statute; the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; and the Resource Management Act 1991.
Electricity supply industry codes of practice and documented industry procedures
include the Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity
Engineers’ Association. A full list of current legislation and industry codes is
available from the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation, PO Box 1245,
Hamilton.
4
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all performance
criteria in this unit standard.
5
‘Industry requirements’ include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’
specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace
policies, procedures, specifications, business and quality management requirements
relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
6
Practical exercises should be used for training and assessment where possible.
7
The term EGRs refers to the Electricity Governance Rules 2003, Electricity
Governance Regulations 2003 and subsequent amendments which govern the
electricity industry markets in New Zealand, available at:
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the rules relevant to offering energy into the New Zealand
wholesale electricity market.
Performance criteria
1.1
Electricity generators group market participant specific obligations under the
EGRs are described.
1.2
Process for offering energy into the New Zealand wholesale electricity market
via the Wholesale Information and Trading System (WITS) is described.
Range
energy markets, reserve, frequency keeping.
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Element 2
Collate and analyse generation system information.
Range
may include but is not limited to – generator availability, transmission
constraints, resource constraints, recreation constraints, tributary inflows,
weather forecasts, plant constraints, business plan, fuel, strategic plan, outage,
pricing, EGRs, legislative requirements, contracts, hedge contracts, embedded
generation, active power, reactive power, ramp rates, spinning reserve
capability data, high voltage direct current, planned outages.
Performance criteria
2.1
Generation system information required for the offer is collected.
Range
2.2
includes but is not limited to – data in required format, data
integrity ensured, actions to minimise impact of missing data.
Validity of generation system information is determined.
Element 3
Produce and review enterprise offer into the New Zealand wholesale electricity market.
Range
includes but is not limited to – day ahead offer, re-offer.
Performance criteria
3.1
Offer is created.
Range
3.2
may include but is not limited to – short and long term business
strategies, enterprise constraints, offer creation tools, analytical
tools, industry format, tranches, must-run dispatch auction, fuel
costs, intermittent generation, ancillary services.
Offer is reviewed, errors identified, and remedial action taken.
Range
includes but is not limited to – missing data, abnormal prices,
generation availability (both national and company), timeframes,
accuracy, validity, consideration of adverse weather conditions.
Element 4
Submit offer into the New Zealand wholesale electricity market.
Performance criteria
4.1
Offer is submitted.
Range
includes but is not limited to – offer timing, offer submission
process, offer tools.
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4.2
Acceptance of offer is determined, and if not accepted, remedial action is taken.
Range
includes but is not limited to – confirmation, system errors,
processing errors, input errors, re-offer.
Element 5
Report on enterprise offer.
Performance criteria
5.1
Offer and re-offer information is complete and actioned.
Range
5.2
includes but is not limited to – market compliance reports,
Electricity Governance Rules Committee reports.
Information is recorded in the required format and filed within scheduled
timeframe.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation info@esito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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