Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) program

AEMO Queensland

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The RERT is an emergency mechanism under the National Electricity Rules allowing AEMO to contract reserves outside the energy market—such as demand response, standby generation, or battery storage—to prevent shortfalls when the standard market can't meet reliability standards.

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Service details

Service type

Load reduction

Eligible technologies

Demand Response

Competition frequency

Ongoing

Locational scope

Territory-wide

Seasonality

Eligibility

Direct

Aggregated

Residential

Commercial & Industrial

Front-of-the-Meter

AEMO will use RERT when there's a forecast reliability shortfall, e.g. extreme weather, generator failures, or transmission outages, and market-based responses are insufficient to maintain reliability.

Key details

Participant must be dedicated (not simultaneously bidding in the energy or FCAS markets during reserve periods)

AEMO notifies relevant reserve providers that activation is imminent and issues a dispatch instruction to contracted RERT participants.

Providers are paid availability and activation payments, as per their agreements.

Listing last updated on

04 September 2025

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