Please review our updated CEOP2015 Contestable Works Guidelines

What is Happening?

Essential Energy’s revised CEOP2015 Contestable Works Guidelines contain a number of new and revised procedures.

Many of the changes to the procedures it describes have been informed through consultation with over thirty Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 ASPs in a series of workshops held between June and September 2020.

In response to their feedback, the content has been reorganised to support a logical, sequenced flow of information, and our network contestable works requirements and the steps involved in meeting those requirements have been made more explicit.

Please download the Guidelines from the document library and provide your comments and recommendations via email to aspinfo@essentialenergy.com.au.

We plan to introduce the new and revised procedures progressively, with full implementation by the end of this year. Updates will be provided regularly to all ASPs over the next few months as we implement the new and/or revised procedures.

Changes and where they are located in CEOP2015 are summarised below:

• revised process for the return of redundant materials (P19)
• requirements for switchboard approvals over 100 amps (P21)
• requirements for the return of meters to depots (P22)
• requirements for Level 3 ASPs to attend site to inform the design concept prior to submitting a design for certification (P24)
• requirements for the Level 3 ASPs to submit Site Specific Vegetation Management Plan for approval with their design certification request (P26)
• introduction of project start-up meetings at the commencement of construction for new contestable works projects (P31)
• revised process for requesting protection settings for LV/HV circuit breakers etc. and revised roles and responsibilities for the procurement and application of protection settings (P32)
• requirements for Level 1 ASPs to submit a registered surveyors advice confirming the assets have been installed within an Easement (P32)
• revised process for managing non-conformances on the network including the option of appealing any issued non-conformance (P33)
• revised project close out process including the replacement of the Certificate of Acceptance with the Practical Completion Advice to indicate commencement of the warranty period at completion of construction (P35)
• requirements for Level 1 ASP to submit all required commissioning documentation – as built design, asset data capture and relevant test certificates - two days prior to commission unless the project is determined to be exempt (this will be agreed at project start up) (P36).

To support these revised processes, a number of changes have been made to the CEOF6012 Notice to Commence Construction and to the CEOF6013 Request for Outage:

• Protection Setting Advice (PSA) specifications table removed from CEOF6012 and moved to CEOF6013
• Schedule of Key Dates table updated in CEOF6012 to include a drop down of key project milestones.

The Certificate of Acceptance has been superseded by the Certificate of Practical Completion.

ASP Forums

We also encourage you to attend our ASP Forums, planned for late April early May 2021, and bring to those forums any ideas or suggestions you have regarding the implementation of these processes. More details regarding the 2021 ASP Forums will be provided in the coming weeks.

What do you need to do?

1. Review the above and download the latest version of CEOP2015 Contestable Works Guideline from the Document Library.
2. Communicate this information to relevant members of your organisation.

Further Information

If you need further information, please email aspinfo@essentialenergy.com.au.