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National Gas Rules - Rules made
| Amending Rule | Title | Proponent(s) | Determination Date | Commencement | Version | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 No. 3 | Timetable for Prescribed Gas STTM Reviews | AEMO | 9-Dec-2010 | 16-Dec-2010 | 6 | 2010 |
| 2013 No. 3 | Minor Rule Change 2013 (1) | AEMC | 30-May-2013 | 4-Jul-2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| 2011 No. 2 | STTM Data Validation and Price Setting Process | AEMO | 5-May-2011 | 16-Jun-2011 | 10 | 2011 |
| 2013 No. 1 | STTM Brisbane Participant Compensation Fund | AEMO | 28-Feb-2013 | 7-Mar-2013 | 15 | 2013 |
| 2012 No. 3 | Price and Revenue Regulation of Gas Services | AER | 29-Nov-2012 | 29-Nov-2012 | 14 | 2012 |
| 2013 No. 5 | Pipeline operator cost recovery processes | AER | 27-Jun-2013 | 1-Jul-2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| 2010 No. 4 | Dandenong Liquefied Natural Gas Storage Facility | AEMO | 16-Dec-2010 | 23-Dec-2010 | 7 | 2010 |
| 2010 No. 2 | Calculation of Interest for Gas Markets | AEMO | 4-Nov-2010 | 4-Nov-2010 | 5 | 2010 |
| 2011 No.4 | Various Hedging Instruments in the Declared Wholesale Gas Market | AEMO | 25-Aug-2011 | 17-Apr-2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| Rule not made | Optimisation of Regulatory Asset Base and Use of Fully Depreciated Assets - Gas | Major Energy Users Inc. | 13-Sep-2012 | |||
| 2012 No. 1 | STTM Market Schedule Variation Transactions | AEMO | 28-Aug-2012 | 19-Mar-2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| 2012 No. 2 | Reference service and rebateable service definitions | AER | 1-Nov-2012 | 2-May-2013 | 17 | 2013 |
| 2011 No. 3 | Minor Changes 2011 | AEMC | 16-Jun-2011 | 16-Jun-2011 | 9 | 2011 |
| 2013 No. 2 | Market operator service - timing and eligibility | AEMO | 23-May-2013 | 1-Apr-2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| 2011 No. 5 | STTM Brisbane Hub | AEMO | 15-Sep-2011 | 15-Sep-2011 | 11 | 2011 |
| 2011 No. 1 | Calculation of STTM Participant Compensation Fund Contributions | AEMO | 17-Mar-2011 | 17-Mar-2011 | 8 | 2011 |
| 2010 No. 1 | Prioritisation of Tied Controlled Withdrawal Bids Rule proposal | AEMO | 20-May-2010 | 7-Jun-2010 | 4 | 2010 |
| 2011 No. 6 | Short Term Trading Market - Market Schedule Variation | AEMO | 13-Oct-2011 | 13-Oct-2011 | 12 | 2011 |
| 2013 No. 4 | STTM deviations and the settlement surplus and shortfall | AEMO | 20-Jun-2013 | 1-May-2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| 2014 No. 1 | Publication of the GSOO and Gas VAPR | AEMO | 13-Mar-2014 | 1-Apr-2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| 2014 No. 2 | STTM settlement surplus and shortfall | AEMO | 3-Apr-2014 | 1-May-2014, 1-11-2014 | 20 | 2014 |
| 2014 No. 3 | National Gas Bulletin Board Capacity Outlooks | AEMO | 1-May-2014 | 8-Jan-2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Rule not made | Portfolio Rights Trading | AEMO | 26-Nov-2014 | |||
| 2014 No. 4 | Minor Changes 2014 (1) | AEMC | 22-May-2014 | 1-Jul-2014 | 21 | 2014 |
| 2014 No. 5 | Setting the Opening Capital Base | AER | 2-Oct-2014 | 2-Oct-2014 | 22 | 2014 |
| 2014 No. 6 | Removal of Force Majeure Provisions in the DWGM | AEMO | 11-Dec-2014 | 4-May-2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| 2015 No. 2 | Contingency Gas Evidentiary Changes | AEMO | 7-May-2015 | 5-Nov-2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| 2016 No. 1 | DWGM - AMDQ allocation | AEMO | 24-Mar-2016 | 24-Mar-2016, 25-Oct-2016 [Schedule 1] | 29 | 2016 |
| 2015 No. 3 | Matched Allocation Process in the STTM | Jemena Gas Networks (NSW) Ltd | 28-May-2015 | 28-May-2015 | 27 | 2015 |
| 2015 No. 1 | Removal of Gas Bulletin Board emergency information page | AEMO | 23-Apr-2015 | 7-May-2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| 2017 No. 1 | Retailer-Distributor Credit Support Requirements (1) | AGL Energy Limited | 2-Feb-2017 | 9-Feb-2017 | 2017 | |
| 2015 No. 5 | Enhanced Information for Gas Transmission Pipeline Capacity Trading | COAG Energy Council | 17-Dec-2015 | 6-Oct-2016 | 2016 | |
| 2015 No. 4 | DWGM operating schedules | AEMO | 22-Oct-2015 | 5-Nov-2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| 2017 No. 1 | Retailer insolvency costs and pass through arrangements | Jemena Gas Networks (NSW) Ltd | 2-Feb-2017 | 9-Feb-2017 | 2017 | |
| 2017 No. 2 | Gas day harmonisation | COAG Energy Council | 16-Feb-2017 | 33 | ||
| Rule not made | Improving the accuracy of customer transfers (Gas) | COAG Energy Council | 2-Feb-2017 | |||
| 2016 No. 2 | Rate of Return Guidelines review (gas) | AER | 13-Oct-2016 | 20-Oct-2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| 2020 No. 2 | Application of constraints in the declared transmission system | AEMO | 12-Mar-2020 | |||
| 2017 No. 3 | Improvements to natural gas bulletin board | COAG Energy Council | 26-Sep-2017 | 30-Sep-2018, 2018-05-15, 2017-10-03 | 33 | 2018 |
| 2017 No. 5 | Unintended scheduling results - decision timing | AEMO | 31-Oct-2017 | 1-Nov-2017 | 36 | 2017 |
| 2017 No. 4 | Changes to periodic review of market parameters in the gas short term trading market | AEMO | 10-Oct-2017 | 10-Oct-2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| 2018 No. 2 | Cross period revenue smoothing (Gas) | Jemena Gas Networks (NSW) Ltd | 30-Aug-2018 | |||
| 2018 No. 1 | Minor changes 2018 (gas) | AEMC | 3-Apr-2018 | 10-Apr-2018, Schedule 2: 30-Sep-2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| Rule not made | Estimated meter reads – self reads (gas) | The Honourable Josh Frydenberg MP, on behalf of the Australian Government | 25-Oct-2018 | |||
| Rule not made | Northern Gas Pipeline – Derogation from Part 23 | Environmental Justice Australia Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis | 4-Jul-2019 | |||
| 2019 No.1 | Regulation of covered pipelines | COAG Energy Council | 14-Mar-2019 | 25-Mar-2019, Schedule 3: 21 April 2019; Schedule 4: 21 June 2019; Schedule 2: 21 July 2019 | 2019 | |
| 2020 No. 2 | DWGM simpler wholesale price | Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change | 12-Mar-2020 | 54 | ||
| Rule not made | DWGM forward trading market | Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change | 3-Oct-2019 | |||
| 2020 No. 1 | DWGM improvement to AMDQ regime | Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change | 12-Mar-2020 | 53 | ||
| 2019 No. 2 | Recognition of exempt sellers in retail market | AEMO | 18-Apr-2019 | 8-Aug-2019 | 2019 | |
| 2019 No. 3 | NT Emergency Gas Supply Arrangements | Northern Territory Government | 15-Aug-2019 | |||
| 2019 No. 5 | STTM Interface Protocol | AEMO | 21-Nov-2019 | 28-Nov-2019 | 50 | 2019 |
| 2019 No. 4 | Minor changes 2019 (gas) | AEMC | 21-Nov-2019 | 21-Nov-2019 | 51 | 2019 |
| 2020 No. 3 | Minor changes 2 2020 (gas) | AEMC | 28-May-2020 | 4-Jun-2020 | 55 | 2020 |
| 200, 324 and 426 | DWGM maintenance planning | AEMO | 17-Dec-2020 | 57 | ||
| 2020 No. 20 | Minor changes 4 2020 | AEMC | 17-Dec-2020 | 17-Dec-2020 | 156 | 2020 |
| 2020 No. 5 | Minor changes 4 2020 (Gas) | AEMC | 17-Dec-2020 | 17-Dec-2020 | 56 | 2020 |
| Rule 2022 No. 2 | Improving consultation procedures in the rules (Gas) | AEMO | 4-Aug-2022 | 11-Aug-2022 | NGR 62 | 2022 |
| 2021 No. 1 | Minor changes 2 2021 (Gas) | AEMC | 27-May-2021 | 27-May-2021 | 59 | 2021 |
| 3 | DWGM distribution connected facilities | Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change | 8-Sep-2024 | 1-May-2024, Schedules 1, 2 and 3 commence on 1 May 2024; Schedule 4 commences on 1 January 2023; Schedule 5 commences on 22 September 2022 | 63 | 2024 |
| 2022 No. 3 | Minor changes 1 2022 | AEMC | 21-Apr-2022 | 21-Apr-2022 | 180 | 2022 |
| 2022 No. 1 | Minor changes 1 2022 (Gas) | AEMC | 21-Apr-2022 | 21-Apr-2022 | 60 | 2022 |
| 4 | DWGM interim LNG storage measures | Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Action | 15-Dec-2022 | 15-Dec-2022, Schedules 1 and 2 Thursday, 15 December 2022; Schedule 3 Thursday, 2 July 2026 | 64 | 2022 |
| Minor changes 1 2023 | AEMC | 201 | ||||
| Minor changes 1 2023 (Gas) | AEMC | 71 | ||||
| 2 | Compensation and dispute resolution frameworks | Energy Ministers Sub-Group (EMSG) | 7-Mar-2024 | 73 | ||
| 1 | Harmonising the national energy rules with the updated national energy objectives (gas) | Energy Senior Officials on behalf of the Ministerial Council on Energy | 1-Feb-2024 | 72 | 2024 | |
| Minor changes 1 2024 | AEMC | 30-May-2024 | 3-Jun-2024 | 211 | 2024 | |
| Minor changes 1 2024 (Gas) | AEMC | |||||
| 2025 No. 2 | ECGS Notice of closure for gas infrastructure | Energy Senior Officials on behalf of the Energy Ministers’ Sub-Group | 11-Sep-2025 | 18-Sep-2025 | 85 | 2025 |
| Better integration of gas and community sentiment into the ISP | The Honourable Chris Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy | 19-Dec-2024 | ||||
| Minor changes 2 2024 (Gas) | AEMC | |||||
| 2025 No. 8 | Allowing AEMO to accept cash as credit support | Delta Electricity | 26-Jun-2025 | 1-Nov-2026, 3-Jul-2025 | 2026 | |
| 4 | Updating the regulatory framework for gas connections | Energy Consumers Australia | 11-Dec-2025 | 85 | ||
| Minor changes 1 2025 (Gas) | AEMC | 29-May-2025 | 29-May-2025 | 2025 | ||
| 3 | Extension of the DWGM Dandenong LNG interim arrangements | The Honourable Lily D'Ambrosio, Minister for Energy and Resources, Climate Action, and the State Electricity Commission | 30-Oct-2025, 1-Apr-2026 | 87 | 2025 | |
| 1 | Establishing a regulatory framework for retail customer initiated gas abolishment | Justice and Equity Centre | 2-Apr-2026 | 9-Apr-2026, Schedule 2; and 1-Oct-2026, Schedule 1 | 2026 | |
| 3 | Enhancing access for registered participant representatives (Electricity) | AEMO | 30-Apr-2026 | 7-May-2026, Schedule 2; and 1-Mar-2027, Schedule 1 | 244 | 2026 |
| Enhancing access for registered participant representatives (Gas) | AEMO | 30-Apr-2026 |