The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has publicly released the access arrangement proposal submitted for the ACT, Queanbeyan and Palerang gas distribution network for the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2015 for consideration and comment by interested parties.
The access arrangement proposal establishes the basis for the terms and conditions of access for users and prospective users for the pipeline.
The AER is required to make the decisions to approve or not approve the access arrangement proposal. The AER is required to publish the draft and final decisions on the AER’s website.
The AER is seeking submissions on the access arrangement proposal for the ACT, Queanbeyan and Palerang gas distribution network for consideration in making its draft decision on the proposal.
In providing a submission, interested parties may wish to comment on:
- any issues with gas supply and queuing arrangements to support the addition of a queuing policy
- the proposed weighted average cost of capital and the proposed capital expenditure related to looping the lateral to the Eastern Gas Pipeline (Hoskinstown-Fyshwick loop).
Submissions may be sent electronically to nswactgas
aer [dot] gov [dot] au (nswactgas[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au) by 5 pm A.E.S.T on 11 September 2009.
General Manager
Network Regulation North Branch
Australian Energy Regulator
Interested parties are referred to the AER’s Access Arrangement Guideline for further details on how to make submissions to the AER at the AER's website.
The AER may, but need not, consider a submission it receives after the consultation period has ended.
The access arrangement proposal and relevant information including the access arrangement information can be found on the AER’s website.
Decision making time
The AER is required to make its decision on this proposal within six months of receipt but it can stop this clock while receiving submissions on the proposal.
The AER has decided a period of 51 days for consultation on the proposal is not counted towards the decision making time for the full access arrangement final decision.
For further details refer to the decision making process and indicative timetable for the pipeline also on the AER’s website.
Public forum about the proposal
The AER is holding a public forum on the access arrangement proposal.
The forum details are as follows:
Date:
27 July 2009
Time:
10 am to 12 noon
Venue:
ACCC
23 Marcus Clarke Street
Canberra
R.S.V.P by email to Sarah [dot] Curbyaer [dot] gov [dot] au (Sarah[dot]Curby[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au) by 5 pm on 24 July 2009: the names of attendees, organisation and contact details indicating which forum/date you are interested in attending.