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This News Bulletin invites you to submit on our FY2024 Work Programme and Levy Consultation Paper, includes a notice about Wellington Anniversary Day and advises you of our office shut-down period.

In 2023 we consulted on the advanced gas metering infrastructure (AGMI). Our consultation paper (see below) is based on the initial issues paper, stakeholder submissions to the initial issues paper and discussions with the AGMI working group (the former Technical Advanced Metering Advisory Committee).

Retailers selling both gas and electricity are generally aligned with consumer care guidelines for the gas industry, a Gas Industry Co process suggests. Gas industry guidelines were developed in response to the Electricity Price Review’s recommended consumer care guidelines in the electricity industry.

The purpose of the Gas Governance (Critical Contingency Management) Regulations 2008 (CCM Regulations) is to achieve the effective management of critical gas outages and other security of supply contingencies without compromising long-term security of supply.

This consultation considers whether we should facilitate special allocations following the notification of injection errors at TAU07001. Special allocations are considered in this paper as the errors fall within the available timeframe defined under rule 51 of the Gas (Downstream Reconciliation) Rules 2008.

Critical Contingency Operator's role
The CCO:

determines and declares the onset of a critical contingency
calls for load curtailment as required to balance the system
continuously monitors the supply and/or demand balance and adjusts load curtailment directions as necessary
determines when it is safe to terminate a critical contingency
maintains a website that it updates continually during…

In this bulletin, we share the findings of the Gas Supply and Demand Study 2024 and the slides from our annual Co-regulatory Forum. We also provide the Gas Governance Arrangements recommendation to the Minister, and welcome our new independent Director, Hon Amy Adams. Read online
 

In this news bulletin, we remind readers that the FY2026 Work Programme and Levy consultation closes on Friday 7 February, and advise you when the annual CCO exercise will take place. We also let you know how to receive emails with information on gas production and unplanned outages.

Information on our consultations (including background, consultation documents, submissions and recommendations) are available under the relevant work programme.