Energy Security

In April 2004, the Ministerial Council on Energy agreed to establish a new Energy Security Working Group with ongoing responsibility for managing the National Liquid Fuel Emergency Response Plan and developing emergency response protocols for the gas sector.

• Energy Security Working Group (ESWG)
  The ESWG was formed by the Standing Committee of Officials (SCO) to review arrangements for the management of emergencies in electricity, gas and liquid fuel markets.

• Statement on Review of Under Frequency Load Shedding Arrangements, December 2004 [PDF, 27KB]

• National Gas Emergency Response Protocol
  MCE is developing an emergency response protocol for the natural gas sector to be applied in the event of major supply interruptions.
  

• National Oil Supplies Emergency Committee (NOSEC)
  NOSEC is the main executive channel through which Australian Governments, in cooperation with industry, formulate the overall management response to a widespread fuel shortage. NOSEC reports to the Ministerial Council on Energy and comprises officials from the Australian Government, the State and Territory Governments and the oil industry.