Gas Market Development

Information on the expanded gas market program and the development of gas market principles.

For historic information on the gas market program, please refer to the archives webpage.

Terms of Reference, MCE Principles for Gas Market Development, Gas Market Development Plan

• Gas Market Leaders Group Terms of Reference [PDF, 30KB]
  The Ministerial Council on Energy (MCE) has agreed to establish a Gas Market Leaders Group to develop a gas market development plan which meets the MCE objectives and principles for Gas Market Development.
• Statement on Principles for Gas Market Development, December 2004 [PDF, 28KB]
• Draft Gas Market Principles, Consultation Paper, August 2004 [PDF, 183KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group National Gas Market Development Plan, June 2006 [PDF, 662KB]
  On 8 November 2005, the Ministerial Council on Energy (MCE) Standing Committee of Officials (SCO) established an-industry led Gas Market Leaders Group (GMLG) to prepare a "Gas Market Development Plan". The GMLG has provided the Plan to the MCE SCO for consideration. No part of the plan should be considered as representing the MCE position on any of the recommendations it makes, nor the position of any individual jurisdiction represented on the MCE.
• Gas Market Options Working Group Terms of Reference [DOC, 42KB]
  A Gas Market Options Working Group has been established to examine Electronic Bulletin Board and City Gate spot market scheme and to advise the Gas Market Leaders Group on the feasibility and cost/benefit of these options.

Short Term Trading Market

• Bulletin No. 177 - Short Term Trading Market (STTM) Study – Final Report [PDF, 42KB]
• Final Report of the STTM Study in response to the Frontier Economics Report [PDF, 800KB]
• Legislative Framework: Response to submissions on the amendments to the NGR for the STTM [PDF, 97KB]
• Legislative Framework: Response to submissions on the amendments to the National Gas Law for the Short Term Trading Market [PDF, 47KB]
• National Gas (Short Term Trading Market) Amendment Rules 2009 - Exposure Draft, July 2009 [PDF, 521KB]
• Explanatory Material on the Draft Short Term Trading Market Rules, July 2009 [PDF, 40KB]
• Short Term Trading Market (Presentation) - information session on the amendments to the National Gas Rules - August 2009 [PDF, 51KB]
• Explanatory Material on the Draft National Gas (South Australia) (Short Term Trading Gas Market) Amendment Bill 2009 [PDF, 43KB]
• National Gas (South Australia) (Short Term Trading Market) Amendment Bill 2009 Exposure Draft 25/5/2009

Meetings

• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty Eighth Meeting Synopsis (April 2010) [PDF, 76KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty Seventh Meeting Synopsis (February 2010) [PDF, 68KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty Sixth Meeting Synopsis (January 2010) [PDF, 66KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty Fifth Meeting Synopsis (October 2009) [PDF, 66KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty Fourth Meeting Synopsis (September 2009) [PDF, 65KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty Third Meeting Synopsis (August 2009) [PDF, 55KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty Second Meeting Synopsis (July 2009) [PDF, 55KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twenty First Meeting Synopsis (June 2009) [PDF, 22KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twentieth Meeting Synopsis (May 2009) [PDF, 56KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Nineteenth Meeting Synopsis (April 2009) [PDF, 21KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Eighteenth Meeting Synopsis (March 2009) [PDF, 21KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Seventeenth Meeting Synopsis (February 2009) [PDF, 21KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Sixteenth Meeting Synopsis (October 2008) [DOC, 33KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Fifteenth Meeting Synopsis (October 2008) [PDF, 46KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Fourteenth Meeting Synopsis (October 2008) [PDF, 20KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Thirteenth Meeting Synopsis (September 2008) [PDF, 17KB]
  
• Gas Market Leaders Group Twelfth Meeting Synopsis [PDF, 16KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Eleventh Meeting Synopsis (April 2008) [PDF, 27KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Tenth Meeting Synopsis (December 2007) [PDF, 29KB]

GMLG initiatives - Bulletin Board, Gas Statement of Opportunities, Short Term Trading Market

• GMLG National Gas Market Development Plan - Scope of a National Gas Statement of Opportunities - Industry Consultation Paper [PDF, 197KB]
• ICF International: Proposed Design for the Natural Gas Short Term Trading Market for Australia (December 2007) [PDF, 532KB]
• Gas Market Leaders Group Further Recommendations on a National Gas Market Operator (February 2007) [PDF, 122KB]
• McLennan Magasanik Associates: Final Report on Cost Benefit Analysis of Bulletin Board and Short Term Trading Market, June 2006 [PDF, 516KB]
• McLennan Magasanik Associates: Presentation on Cost Benefit Anaylsis of Bulletin Board and Short Term Trading Market, Industry Forum April 2006 [PDF, 139KB]

Other Gas Market Reports and Documents

• Terms of Reference Joint Working Group on Natural Gas Supply - MCE and MCMPR (January 2007) [PDF, 32KB]
• The Allen Consulting Group Report: Options for development of Australian wholesale gas market (December 2004) [PDF, 869KB]
  In December 2004, MCE agreed to a set of fundamental principles and design concepts for gas market development. Based on these principles a consultant (The Allen Consulting Group) was commissioned to investigate future options for gas market development.

Submissions

The associated consultation paper can be accessed under 'Consultation and Information Papers'.

• Proposed National Gas (Short Term Trading Market) Amendments Rules 2009
• Proposed National Gas (South Australia)(Short Term Trading Market) Amendment bill 2009
• Draft Gas Market Principles, August 2004
• National Gas Pipeline Access Regime, Consultation Paper August 2005
• Options for the Development of the Australian Wholesale Gas Market, Draft Report, March 2005