AUSTRALIA: National Gas (South Australia) Act 2008 (2021 Ed.)

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2008
Effective Start Year: 
2021
Scope: 
Subnational
Document Type: 
Act
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
Gas
Issued by: 
Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy
Notes: 
The NGL is contained in a schedule of the National Gas (South Australia) Act 2008
Source: 
South Australia Legislation
File: 
National Gas (South Australia) Act 2008 (2021 Ed.)
Overall Summary: 
The objective of this Law is to promote efficient investment in, and efficient operation and use of, natural gas services for the long term interests of consumers of natural gas with respect to price, quality, safety, reliability and security of supply of natural gas.
Access
Energy access action plan: 
A service provider should be provided with effective incentives in order to promote economic efficiency with respect to reference services the service provider provides. The economic efficiency that should be promoted includes—(a) efficient investment in, or in connection with, a pipeline with which the service provider provides reference services; and (b) the efficient provision of pipeline services; and (c) the efficient use of the pipeline
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
A service provider should be provided with a reasonable opportunity to recover at least the efficient costs the service provider incurs in— (a) providing reference services; and (b) complying with a regulatory obligation or requirement or making a regulatory payment.---A reference tariff should allow for a return commensurate with the regulatory and commercial risks involved in providing the reference service to which that tariff relates.
Investment
Electricity wholesale markets: 
A person participates in a declared wholesale gas market in a registrable capacity if the person is— (a) a service provider for the declared transmission system or for a declared distribution system; or (b) a producer that injects natural gas into the declared transmission system; or (c) a storage provider whose storage facility is connected to the declared transmission system; or (d) a person who buys or sells natural gas in the declared wholesale gas market; or (e) a person classified by the Rules as a participant in the declared wholesale gas market.
Governance
Energy institutional structures: 
The Australian Energy Market (AEMC) [...] has the following functions and powers: (a) the Rule making functions and powers conferred on it under this Law and the Regulations; (b) the market development functions conferred on it under this Law and the Rules; [...].