Independent Market Operator
Administering the Western Australia Wholesale Electricity Market

Contact the IMO :
Independent Market Operator
Level 3, Governor Stirling Tower
197 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000

P: (08) 9254 4300
F: (08) 9254 4399
E: imo@imowa.com.au



User Access to the Wholesale Electricity Market Systems


This page details information relating to creating new users in WEMS.

The available User Types that can be specified in the "Users" section within WEMS are:

  • Full Access User
  • Invoicing User
  • Other User Type
  • Registration User
  • Settlement Statements User
  • Trading User

Note that a User Type of "Main Organisation User" exists. This is a special user, and is the Main Contact of the Participant. Upon being granted access to WEMS the Main Contact with be provided with the digital certificate SHORT_MC@SHORT (where SHORT indicates the Participant's assigned Short Name within WEMS). Once this user has accessed WEMS the system will assign their details to the User Type "Main Organisation User".

Therefore, the "Main Organisation User" cannot be selected for any other user.

The following table details the available access types within WEMS:

System ID
Access Type
Registration

No access
Read
Write

Settlements
No access
Read
Trading
No access
Write

The following table details the access types that are granted following request of a specific User Type within WEMS:

    Access Type  
User Type Registration Settlements Trading
Full Access User
Write
Read
Write
Invoicing User
Read
Read
No access
Other User Type
Read
No access
No access
Registration User
Write
No access
No access
Settlement Statements User
No access
Read
No access
Trading User
Read
No access
Write

Note that all users have access to Reports and to File Exchange.

This document is published in accordance with Market Rule 10.5.1.