Software specifications

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Transpower as System Operator provides software specifications for core market system solvers.  Software specifications are used as the basis for software audits and by industry participants to assist in their understanding of how the Wholesale Electricity Market functions.

RMT specification

This document is the functional specification for the System Operator’s Reserve Management Tool (RMT). This application software is used by the System Operator to calculate the instantaneous reserves required to meet the Reserve Management Objective.

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SPD formulation 

This document is a mathematical description of Transpower’s “Scheduling, Pricing, and Dispatch” (SPD) software to be used by the New Zealand Electricity Market. 

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