Gas Transparency Measures

Goal

Gas Bulletin Board (GBB) stakeholders want easy access and to utilise information on the GBB to understand the short-term forecast of the demand-supply balance. This project’s aim is to address two key elements of the NGL National Gas Law and NGR National Gas Rules. The rules made under the NGL. They govern access to natural gas pipeline services and elements of broader natural gas markets.:

  1. Changes to the Gas Statement of Opportunities (GSOO), strengthening AEMO’s information gathering.
  2. Changes to the Gas Bulletin Board, incorporating additional GSOO information.

High-level changes

Function

Description

Rules

Procedures

  • New GSOO Market Procedure

  • Mandatory GSOO survey

  • BB market procedures and related guides

Gas Bulletin Board

  • Incorporation of GSOO information into the Gas Bulletin Board

  • New data submissions

  • New reports

  • Data portal upgrade

  • Integrated Large user data.

Facility

New facility types:

  • Large User Facility

  • LNG Export Facility

  • LNG Import Facility

Participant types

New participant types:

  • BB Reporting Agent (was Capacity Transaction Reporting Agent)

  • BB Field Owner

  • Large User

  • LNG Processor

  • Capacity Seller

  • Gas Seller

Data Model

Submissions and reports

 

Rule and procedure changes

Type

Details

Variation Rules 2020

Rules to give effect to the market transparency measures require amendments to the following parts of the National Gas Rules (NGR):

  • Part 15B – Procedures

  • Part 15D – Gas Statement of Opportunities

  • Part 17 – Miscellaneous provisions relating to the AER

  • Part 18 – National Gas Services Bulletin Board

  • Part 18A – Compression and storage terms and prices

  • Schedule 1 – Transitional Provisions – Part 15 – Transitional provisions consequent on the National Gas Amendment (Market Transparency) Rule 2020

 

New reports process

 

Related resources