Application for 15 year no-coverage determination - Northern Goldfields Interconnect Gas Pipeline

On 23 June 2023 the National Competition Council received an application under section 151 of the National Gas Access (Western Australia) Law (NGAL WA) from APA Northern Goldfields Interconnect Pty Ltd (APA) for a 15-year no-coverage determination for a natural gas pipeline in Western Australia that will run from Ambania, approximately 50 kilometres east of Geraldton and connect into the existing Goldfields Gas Pipeline (GGP), approximately 40 kilometres south of Leinster. 

The effect of any 15 year no-coverage determination would be to exempt the APA pipeline from coverage under the NGAL WA for 15 years from its commissioning.

Copies of the public version of the application and supporting materials are available for download below.

In accordance with the standard consultative procedure in the National Gas Rules, the Council invites submissions on the APA application to be made by 5.00pm on Wednesday 16 August 2023. 

After considering submissions on the application, the Council will release a draft recommendation and invite submissions on the draft recommendation before making its final recommendation to the relevant Minister.

To assist interested parties in preparing and making a submission, the Council has published a Guide to greenfields pipelines incentives and a Guide to making a submission on a no-coverage application, both of which are available on this website.

Submissions should be emailed in soft copy (in both MS Word and PDF formats) to NGI@ncc.gov.au , with any hard copies sent to ‘Greenfields Applications, National Competition Council, GPO Box 250 Melbourne VIC 3001. Telephone enquiries may be directed to Justin Martyn on 08 8456 3536.

Documents

  1. Application for 15 year no-coverage determination - Northern Goldfields Interconnect Gas Pipeline  (Public Version)