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Access to monopoly infrastructure
Access regulation seeks to promote effective competition in markets that depend on using the services of infrastructure that cannot be economically duplicated.
To promote the economically efficient operation of, use of and investment in the infrastructure by which services are provided, thereby promoting effective competition in upstream and downstream markets.
Access regulation seeks to promote effective competition in markets that depend on using the services of infrastructure that cannot be economically duplicated.
The National Competition Council has 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
On 6 April 2022, the Assistant Treasurer made a decision, in accordance with the Council’s final recommendation, to certify the South Australian Access Regime for a period of ten years.
The Council has released its Draft Recommendation on the South Australian Government’s application to certify the South Australian Rail Access Regime.
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