Australian Electricity Derivative / PPA Confirmation

Detects Australian OTC electricity derivative and power purchase agreement confirmation content - documentation under the June 2006 Australian Electricity Addendum and 2005 ISDA Commodity Definitions, electricity swap/cap/floor/swaption confirmations settled against the AEMO regional reference price, and PPA confirmation phrasing with $/MWh fixed prices.

Type

regex

Engine

boost_regex

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: the Addendum and ISDA anchors are highly specific to executed or drafted electricity derivative documentation; the price-term arm is looser and needs corroboration. Market convention discussion (AFMA guides) uses the same vocabulary without deal data.

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) - derivatives, Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Frameworks

ISO 27001

Data categories

energy-market, trading, financial, legal

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

8

Platform compatibility

Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Compatible, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

\bAustralian\s+Electricity\s+Addendum\b|\bISDA\s+Commodity\s+Definitions\b[\s\S]{0,200}\belectricity\b|\b(?:electricity|power)\s+(?:swap|cap|floor|swaption|hedge)\s+(?:confirmation|transaction|agreement)\b|\bfixed\s+price\b[\s\S]{0,60}(?:\$|AUD)\s?[0-9]{1,4}(?:\.[0-9]{1,2})?\s?(?:/|per\s)\s?MWh|\bpower\s+purchase\s+agreement\b[\s\S]{0,120}\bconfirmation\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

counterparty, notional quantity, settlement, regional reference price, pool price, strike, trading day, confirmation

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• This Confirmation supplements the ISDA Master Agreement and incorporates the June 2006 Australian Electricity Addendum — Documentation anchor for an AU electricity derivative confirmation
• electricity swap confirmation - QLD1 flat, fixed price $68.50/MWh, Cal27 — Instrument confirmation with fixed $/MWh price
• the cap strike is settled against the pool price as determined by AEMO under the 2005 ISDA Commodity Definitions for electricity transactions — ISDA Commodity Definitions with electricity context
• power purchase agreement - executed confirmation attached for the wind farm offtake — PPA with confirmation phrasing

Should not match

• the swap meet is on Saturday and entry is $5 — Generic prose with swap and a price
• solar PPA explained - a power purchase agreement is a long-term contract — Educational PPA definition without confirmation context
• electricity prices averaged $92/MWh in Q2 according to the AER report — Public market price commentary, not a fixed-price deal term

Known false positives

• AFMA conventions, ISDA templates, law-firm explainers and training material quote the same documentation anchors without live deal terms. Mitigation: Require corroborative deal keywords (counterparty, notional, strike); reject template/example framing from enforcing tiers.

References

• AFMA Guide to Australian OTC Transactions - Part 20 Electricity Transactions
• AFMA Electricity Conventions (Aug 2025)
• ISDA Global Financial Power Purchase Agreement confirmation template