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), 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

• Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)