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The Gas (Downstream Reconciliation) Rules 2008, place ongoing obligations on several parties to effectively manage the downstream reconciliation arrangements. We are empowered to:

appoint an Allocation Agent
make determinations, exemptions and guidelines in respect of certain matters.

About the Electricity Price Review
In April 2018, the Government appointed an advisory panel to investigate whether the current electricity market delivers “efficient, fair and equitable prices [to customers]”.   That panel issued its final report comprising 32 recommendations in May 2019.

We published the following draft guidelines on 1 June 2021:

Gas Consumer Care Guidelines
Utilities Disputes and Powerswitch Guidelines
Saves and Winbacks Guidelines. We received seven submissions on the draft guidelines.

The Gas Distribution Contracts Oversight Scheme (the Scheme) is a non-regulatory gas industry governance arrangement, endorsed by the Minister of Energy and Resources in September 2012. This section has information on the early development, scope and structure of the Gas Distribution Contracts Oversight Scheme.

File formats that have been approved by the Information Exchange File Formats Working Group are set out below. The file formats echo the equivalent protocols in the electricity industry and incorporate changes resulting from industry consultation in 2010/2011.

The regulatory objective of the Gas (Processing Facilities Information Disclosure) Rules 2008 (the Rules) was 'to provide a process to settle the issue of whether it is necessary to recommend the rules or regulations setting reasonable terms and conditions for access to, and use of, gas processing facilities…'

Access to key…

The potential consequences of a gas quality incident can be major. To check that the industry’s gas quality arrangements are fit for purpose and aligned with the Gas Act objectives, we review the arrangements from time to time as changes occur and/or new information comes to hand.

We established a committee to develop a set of minimum standards that will allow for the consistent collection and treatment of advanced metering data. The committee also identifies any registry changes or rules amendments needed to accommodate the uptake of advanced metering.

About the document
We maintain a number of requirements and procedures documents. These give an overview of the legal requirements and technical standards that apply to particular areas of the industry. They also describe common industry practices.

In anticipation of the Gas Transmission Access Code (GTAC) coming into effect, Gas Industry Co issued a paper entitled “Gas Industry Co role in GTAC code changes” (the Code Change Role Paper) and invited comment.