Market Administrator
The Market Administrator role encompasses a range of background, but important, operational obligations. These functions are of an oversight nature, rather than active processing of market data or provision of real-time market services as performed by most other service providers. Examples include appointing auditors of test houses and metering installations, maintaining a register of incumbent retailers, collating System Operator and Pricing Manager reports and specifying back-up procedures for use in the event of a failure of the market system.
Between 15 September 2003 and 31 October 2010, the Electricity Commission was responsible for the Market Administrator service provider contract.