Overview

Indicative timetable

Evoenergy 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 Evoenergy's reference service proposal on 28 June 2024.

Under the National Gas Law and the National Gas Rules, the AER has the function of reviewing and approving the terms of Evoenergy's access arrangement proposal (due by 1 July 2025). Interested stakeholders are encouraged to consider the indicative dates for key milestones.

Indicative dates for key milestones in the decision making process

MilestoneDate*
Reference service proposal due to AER1 July 2024
AER makes reference service proposal decisionDecember 2024
Access arrangement proposal due to AER1 July 2025
AER holds stakeholder forum on proposalOptional
Stakeholder submissions on proposal closeAugust 2025
AER publish draft decisionNovember 2025*
Revised access arrangement proposal due to the AERJanuary 2026*
Stakeholder submissions on revised proposal and AER draft decision closeFebruary 2026*
AER publish final decision30 April 2026

Please note this timeline is subject to change.

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

Reference service proposal

Evoenergy 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 (due by 1 July 2025). We received Evoenergy's reference service proposal on 28 June 2024.

Submissions

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Submissions on Evoenergy's reference service proposal closed on 16 August 2024. 

Final decision

On 2 December 2024, the AER made its final decision on Evoenergy's reference service proposal. Our final decision is to approve Evoenergy's proposed transportation ancillary reference services. Details are set out in the AER final decision paper.