Course map

Course completion standard

A release target, not a claim that every existing topic already meets it. Existing topic numbers and saved practice passes remain unchanged during the upgrade.

Evidence before a depth label

  1. At least three observable outcomes, estimated study time and prerequisites.
  2. At least six substantive chapters, with misconceptions and two worked problems.
  3. A topic-specific model and a reproducible real-data or official-document exercise.
  4. An applied deliverable assessed for accuracy, reproducibility, judgement and communication.
  5. At least 25 topic-specific questions across three difficulty levels; capability mapping and distractor rationale.
  6. Versioned sources, applicable dates, review due dates and a linked change-review queue.
  7. Named academic and industry reviewers must sign off before a topic is described as independently reviewed.

Current upgrade status

Topics 30, 50 and 60 are applied capstone workspaces with distinct decision briefs, numerical anchors, deliverable lists, four-dimension rubrics and browser-local draft exports. Their Self-review tabs use evidence ratings rather than a completion quiz. Quiz progress covers the other 57 topics; a saved self-review is not independent approval. Estimated effort is 3–4, 4–6 and 6–8 hours respectively; estimates are provisional, not recorded attendance or recognised CPD hours.

Topic 14 is the first expanded pilot: nine chapters, a dispatch/reserve simulator, a local AEMO CSV workflow and 28 tagged questions. A versioned five-region AEMO price snapshot is included. Independent academic and industry review remain outstanding.

Topic 26 now has six planning chapters and the 2026 ISP webinar. It remains labelled a concise workbook until its assessment and dedicated modelling work meet this standard.

Topics 15 and 16 now use the question → mechanism → worked numbers → experiment → misconception rhythm. Topic 15 has eight chapters and a constraint desk; Topic 16 has seven chapters and an FCAS capability desk. Both include prediction mode, exportable model records, a dated AEMO evidence lab and a dedicated rubric.

Each has a 30-item, three-difficulty question bank. Each server-scored attempt draws 15 questions across all six topic capabilities. Existing stage-wide revision questions are not mixed into these two assessments.

The evidence labs use real published prices. They do not yet provide complete historical constraint/price-setter reconstruction, unit-level FCAS earnings, three full labs per topic or independent academic and industry sign-off. These remain expanded pilots, not completed gold-standard certifications.

One capability registry

Identifiers follow T[topic].[capability]: T14.01–06, T15.01–06, T16.01–06 and T26.01–04. Lesson outcomes and tagged quiz questions use this same registry. Older B/D identifiers are retained as aliases, not a second scheme. Other topics remain unmapped until their outcomes and questions are reviewed. These are internal curriculum identifiers, not accredited competency units.

View capability definitions and legacy aliases
  • T14.01 — Calculate feasible dispatch and distinguish offer cost from settlement value. (formerly B2.1)
  • T14.02 — Explain energy–reserve opportunity cost using a numerical counterfactual. (formerly B2.2)
  • T14.03 — Calculate how losses and binding constraints change the next MW. (formerly B2.3)
  • T14.04 — Distinguish market price limits from administered pricing. (formerly B3.1)
  • T14.05 — Distinguish intervention dispatch and pricing runs. (formerly B3.2)
  • T14.06 — Read a price file and identify the additional evidence needed to explain causation. (formerly B3.3)
  • T15.01 — Solve an energy balance subject to capacity and a linear network inequality. (formerly B15.1)
  • T15.02 — Calculate slack and distinguish binding from violating. (formerly B15.2)
  • T15.03 — Value an RHS relaxation without extrapolating beyond the active set. (formerly B15.3)
  • T15.04 — Separate physical loss, marginal loss factors and commercial value. (formerly B15.4)
  • T15.05 — Compare regional observations without inventing a congestion cause. (formerly B15.5)
  • T15.06 — Produce a reproducible constraint evidence brief. (formerly B15.6)
  • T16.01 — Distinguish the ten FCAS services from energy and reserve adequacy. (formerly B16.1)
  • T16.02 — Calculate a single-service trapezium capability at a fixed energy output. (formerly B16.2)
  • T16.03 — Apply shared headroom and diagnose an infeasible reserve request. (formerly B16.3)
  • T16.04 — Separate enablement, physical response and payment. (formerly B16.4)
  • T16.05 — Distinguish LOR notices, RERT and FCAS. (formerly B16.5)
  • T16.06 — Interpret published FCAS price fields and state the evidence still missing. (formerly B16.6)
  • T26.01 — Distinguish a system development pathway from an approved project. (formerly D2.1)
  • T26.02 — Trace REZ, connection and transmission delivery dependencies. (formerly D2.2)
  • T26.03 — Recalculate net benefit under a cost or timing sensitivity. (formerly D2.3)
  • T26.04 — Write a versioned evidence brief using the 2026 ISP appendices. (formerly D2.4)
  • T7.01 — Establish the system and jurisdiction before selecting a market model. (formerly )
  • T7.02 — Distinguish energy, recognised capacity and service obligations. (formerly )
  • T7.03 — Reconcile location-specific energy costs and weighted averages. (formerly )
  • T7.04 — Preserve effective dates and time-series conventions. (formerly )
  • T8.01 — Map physical, contractual and decision responsibilities separately. (formerly )
  • T8.02 — Reconcile retail purchases, customer receipts and swap cash flows. (formerly )
  • T8.03 — Test interval import limits against power and usable energy. (formerly )
  • T8.04 — Check recovery, fuel delivery and demand-response evidence. (formerly )
  • T9.01 — Establish the applicable instrument and historical version. (formerly )
  • T9.02 — Distinguish proposals, decisions, commencement and transitions. (formerly )
  • T9.03 — Test interval-field changes with quantified reconciliations. (formerly )
  • T9.04 — Maintain change controls, evidence owners and unresolved issues. (formerly )
  • T10.01 — Allocate decisions to the appropriate institutional process. (formerly )
  • T10.02 — Separate operational observations from causal or compliance claims. (formerly )
  • T10.03 — Check jurisdiction, reform status and relevant dates. (formerly )
  • T10.04 — Distinguish revenue allowances, tariffs and customer bills. (formerly )
  • T13.01 — Read incremental and cumulative direction-specific offer quantities. (formerly )
  • T13.02 — Calculate a ramp- and availability-limited output envelope. (formerly )
  • T13.03 — Distinguish offer cost, interval energy and settlement value. (formerly )
  • T13.04 — Reconcile quantity changes with capability, chronology and effective records. (formerly )
  • T17.01 — Calculate interval energy and correctly weighted value. (formerly )
  • T17.02 — Handle revisions, signs, missing values and adjustment boundaries. (formerly )
  • T17.03 — Distinguish financial exposure from cash-timing and funding risk. (formerly )
  • T17.04 — Reconcile versioned data, joins and statement components. (formerly )
  • T18.01 — Separate the decision-time evidence from later reconstruction. (formerly )
  • T18.02 — Calculate interval exposure and energy-weighted cost. (formerly )
  • T18.03 — Reconcile price, volume and interaction without claiming causation. (formerly )
  • T18.04 — Test alternative mechanisms and conditional operational responses. (formerly )

All 60 topics now show a compact context bar with expandable learning details. Non-pilot study times are provisional planning estimates, not measured CPD hours. Assessment counts come from the question bank; shared revision questions are identified separately.

Whole-course restructuring, cloud progress, adaptive diagnostics, six data labs and a full question-quality review are not yet complete. No university partnership or CPD recognition is implied.

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