Consultation activities
Industry collaboration
The development of CSIP-AUS in Australia is a collaborative effort from key stakeholders across the Australian energy sector and supply chain, including government agencies and peak bodies, distribution networks, retailers, equipment manufacturers and aggregators. The key working group - the DER Integration API Technical Working Group - boasts over 100 members, including all Australian DNSPs, all major inverter manufacturers and a wide variety of technology and software providers.
Interested parties are encouraged to engage and participate in the ongoing development of CSIP-AUS by participating in public consultations or considering joining the DER Intergration API Technical Working Group. Further deals of this group can be found at About CSIP-AUS.
This page provides access to draft documents and systems currently under development and seeking public feedback. Your participation helps shape the standard to meet evolving technological, stakeholder and policy needs.
Client test harness version 1.0
The client test harness provides an automated, open-source self-service method for clients to evaluate their CSIP-AUS compliance. The definitions for each test case have been encoded using a human readable format that is described here. The test runner is available here. Contributions and feedback from DERIAPITWG members are encouraged.
Utility server version 1.0
The utility server (envoy) is an open-source CSIP-AUS utility server implementation. It is designed to be a fully-featured utility server, compliant with all CSIP-AUS utility server test cases. This server is actively maintained. Contributions and feedback from DERIAPITWG members are encouraged. The server implementation can be found here.
Industry event
CSIP-AUS Connect 2025: Building Australia's interoperable energy future
The ISC, in collaboration with ARENA, is holding an industry event in October 2025 that seeks to build collaboration and advance Australia's energy interoperability efforts through a two-day knowledge sharing conference and the launch of a new national testing and certification service for CSIP-AUS.
The event will bring together key stakeholders to learn from one another and collectively explore the benefits and challenges associated with nationally consistent testing and certification within Australia's energy landscape, as well as broader DER integration issues.
Thursday, 2 October: Conference Day One
Featuring presentations from industry experts covering the future of CSIP-AUS, lessons learned, governance and cyber security issues, behind-the-meter and interoperability, and a number of industry case studies.
The day will conclude with an optional informal networking session.
Friday, 3 October: Conference Day Two
Interactive sessions with facilitated workshop-style discussions on CSIP-AUS versions and pain points, building alignment amongst DNSPs, consumer-side impacts, cyber security, regulations and standards, the installer perspective, cyber security, API versus standards and more.
A full agenda will be posted soon.
Monday, 29 September - Wednesday 1 October: Testing and certification service launch
A new CSIP-AUS national testing and certification service specifically tailored to assist Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) navigate compliance and interoperability testing issues.
"Drop-In" sessions with key ANU staff available for consultation in-person in the ANU Centre for Energy Systems DERlab or online on Monday, 29 and Tuesday, 30 September.
OEM support day on Wednesday, 1 October, including presentations and interactive sessions.
More details coming soon.
If you are interested in attending, please see this link - to register: CSIP-AUS Connect 2025: Building Australia's interoperable energy future