APT Pipelines (NT), for its Amadeus transmission gas pipeline, is required to submit to the AER for approval a reference service proposal 12 months prior to submission of its access arrangement for the period 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2031. We received APT Pipelines (NT)'s reference service proposal on 1 July 2024.

Under the National Gas Law  and the National Gas Rules, the AER has the function of reviewing and approving the terms of the proposal. Interested stakeholders are encouraged to consider the indicative dates for key milestones.

Indicative dates for key milestones in the decision making process

Please note this timeline is subject to change.

*Date based on AER receiving compliant proposals. May be altered if non-compliant proposals are received.  

APT Pipelines (NT) is required to submit to the AER for approval a reference service proposal 12 months prior to submission of its access arrangement for its Amadeus transmission gas pipeline for the period 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2031 (due by 1 July 2025). We received APT Pipelines (NT)'s reference service proposal on 1 July 2024.

Submissions on Amadeus Gas Pipelines' reference service proposal closed on 16 August 2024. We did not receive any submissions.

On 2 December 2024, the AER made its final decision on APT Pipelines (NT)'s Reference Service Proposal for its Amadeus transmission gas pipeline. Our final decision is to approve APT Pipelines (NT)'s proposed transportation ancillary reference services for its Amadeus transmission gas pipeline. Details are set out in the AER final decision paper.