Metrology for the NEM

AEMO’s Metrology workshop is designed to provide Metering Providers (MP) categories A and B (MPAs and MPBs) an understanding of:

• Their obligations, responsibilities and the relevant regulatory requirements in the NEM;
• Operational and technical requirements associated with metering provision services;
• Metering installation metrology and performance management;
• Testing and compliance.

Designed for staff of Meter Provider (MP) organisations who wish to gain AEMO accreditation and qualification to operate in the NEM. This course has specifically been designed for MPAs and MPBs who work in the following areas:

• Meter installation;
• Regulatory compliance;
• Meter data accuracy;
• Metering services;
• Meter asset management

Over two and a half days attendees gain awareness, knowledge and skills to:

• Describe the Metering regulatory requirements in the NEM, including the roles and responsibilities of all parties under the Rules and the Metrology Procedure (Part A);
• Discuss the principles of metering and power measurement, three and four wire metering connections, Blondel’s Theorem and methods for verifying the correctness of an installation and the basic theory and requirements surrounding each;
• Discuss basic transformer principles including calculation of losses and transformer equations;
• Describe Voltage Transformer and Current Transformer’s principles, errors and their impact on accuracy of the metering installation, including methods for;

- Error reduction;
- Burden and burden power factor;
- Turns Ratio; and
- Error compensation;

• Describe the capabilities of modern energy meters, the definition of meter error and the accuracy requirements under the Rules, meter testing including in-field sample testing under relevant Australian Standards;
• Describe the requirement for overall error calculation of metering installations under the Rules and metrology procedure and its application to three and four wire metering installations;
• Describe the requirements for Metering Asset Management Plans (MAMP) under the Rules and metrology procedure, the criteria for preparation of such plan as set out in AEMO’s guidelines, strategy for testing and inspection, centralised audits and metering installation audits.

Click on the link below for full course details:

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Workshop Locations & Dates in 2012:

 
PLEASE NOTE : AEMO's Education program is only offered to staff of registered participants, regulators, jurisdictions, consumer advocates and AEMO-accredited metering service providers. If you are not sure, please contact the AEMO Education team to determine your eligibility to enrol: education@aemo.com.au

Some comments from past attendees are:

• “the course was useful I would recommend the course to others in our work group.”
• “It is good course to understand/improve knowledge of Metrology in the NEM”
• “Good overview and some detailed info for some new [coming] into this area of work”
• “I work in the metering asset group and it gives me an insight on how to comply with AEMO's requirements”

The course is being held twice in 2012 in Sydney and Melbourne.

To find out more about our courses, contact the AEMO Education team on education@aemo.com.au.