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National Electricity Market

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The National Electricity Market is an arrangement that connects the electricity transmission grids of Australia's eastern and southern states and territories into a single cross state wholesale electricity market. The Australian Energy Market Commission develops and maintains the National Electricity Rules that give the market its legal force in participating states and territories, the Australian Energy Regulator enforces those rules, and the Australian Energy Market Operator runs the market day to day.

Facts
Year
1998 1
Significance
The NEM operates one of the world's longest interconnected power systems, spanning more than 5,000 kilometres between Port Douglas, Queensland and Port Lincoln, South Australia. 1
Classification
Status
Operational 1
Sources
1. National Electricity Market (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, para 2
    NEM operations began on 13 December 1998 and currently covers Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.
  • Lead section, para 3
    The NEM operates one of the world's longest interconnected power systems between Port Douglas, Queensland and Port Lincoln, South Australia, with an end-to-end distance of more than 5,000 kilometres, and 40,000 kilometres of high voltage transmissions line.
  • status sentence
    The National Electricity Market is an arrangement that connects the electricity transmission grids of Australia's eastern and southern states and territories into a single cross state wholesale electricity market.
  • In Group: Regional Power Pools and Electricity Markets, Introduction
    The National Electricity Market (NEM) is an arrangement in Australia's electricity sector for the connection of the electricity transmission grids of the eastern and southern Australian states and territories to create a cross-state wholesale electricity market.
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