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The Market Administrator has made the following determinations under regulation 18:

Note that information identified to the Market Administrator by a participant as confidential may not be published (regulation 15)

Guidelines for the CCO in determining regional critical contingencies. The Gas Governance (Critical Contingency Management) Regulations 2008 (CCM Regulations) were amended in 2013 following a Gas Industry Co recommendation to the Minister of Energy and Resources.

Gas Industry Co recommended amendments to the Gas Governance (Critical Contingency Management) Regulations. The Recommendation sought to implement lessons from the October 2011 outage of the Maui Pipeline.

Date Published: May/June 2008

In the lead-up to the Contingency Management Regulations being made, a group was convened by Contact Energy, and its role was to work towards a better understanding of the interdependencies between the electricity and gas sectors.

A statement of proposal was released in August 2007 which put forward arrangements for the replacement of the NGOCP. The proposed hybrid approach is a combination of regulations under the Gas Act and industry-developed arrangements to meet the requirements of those regulations.

Date Published: 10 July 2006

This discussion paper reviewed arrangements for dealing with gas outages and contingencies, recommended mandatory arrangements be put in place, and highlighted issues and design decisions that needed to be addressed.

Following the publication of the Options Paper in December 2011 and based on the submissions received on the Options Paper, Gas Industry Co decided to split the Options Paper issues into two separate projects: Phase I and Phase II.

Efficient arrangements for the accurate allocation and reconciliation of gas quantities are a key component of an efficient gas market.