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Amendments to Victorian Declared Wholesale Gas Market and Retail Market -1 May 2024 release

15/12/2023
Market Declared Wholesale Gas Market
StageFinal Report
ConvenorAEMO Gas
Initiated15/09/2023
Accepting submissions?No
Submissions close15/12/2023

AEMO is undertaking a consultation on the Declared Wholesale Gas Markets (DWGM) Wholesale Market Procedures and the Retail Market Procedures (RMP) (Victoria) required as a result of:

  • The AEMC’s rule changes for Declared Wholesale Gas Market (DWGM) distribution connected facilities. Click AEMC consultation webpage link;
    - National Gas Rule (NGR) amendments (Final) for distribution connected facilities (DCF). Click link to view.

  • The AEMC’s rule changes for extending the regulatory frameworks to include hydrogen and renewable gases, click AEMC consultation webpage link;
    - National Gas Rule (NGR) amendments (Final):       
        for hydrogen and renewable gases– Part19. Click link to view
        for hydrogen and renewable gases– Part15A to 18A Click link to view.

  • The Victorian Minister requested that Procedures be amended to implement zonal heating values (ZHV) for all Victorian consumers to ensure customers participating in gas blending projects, including the HyP Murray Valley project, are not disadvantaged. Click Minister’s letter link.

  • The Victorian Essential Service Commission’s review of the Gas Distribution System Code of Practice. The ESC’s consultation paper on the code changes is available at this link: Reviewing the Gas Distribution System Code of Practice:
      - The amendment to the Code will require consequential changes to the Wholesale Market Distribution UAFG Procedure.
      - Minor amendments identified by AEMO to add further clarity to some terms used within the Retail Market Procedures.

AEMO consultations papers are broken down into the following packages:

  • DWGM wholesale market procedure changes to accommodate the AEMC rule changes, the Minsters request to introduce ZHV and the ESC code changes.

  • Retail market changes related to the Minsters request to introduce ZHV (This is initiative IN007-22 and is part of the 2023 Package 3A prioritised program of work).

  • Retail market changes related to the Victorian Hydrogen integration includes DCF and AEMC Victorian hydrogen review changes (This includes IN007-21 initiative plus others and is part of the 2023 Package 3B prioritised program of work).

See below for further details on each consultation package.

AEMO is required to complete the Wholesale Market Procedure change, at latest, by 1 February 2024 for a 1 May 2024 effective date.

Consultation Timeline

Stage 

Date

 Proposed Procedure Change (PPC)

15 September 2023

Proposed Procedure Change (PPC) – Part 2

26 September 2023

 PPC Consultation Submissions due

16 October 2023

Impact and Implementation Report (IIR)

30 October 2023

IIR Consultation Submissions due

28 November 2023

Notice of Decision

15 December 2023

 Notice of Effective Date

28 March 2024

Expected Effective Date of Procedure

1 May 2024

Notice of Effective Date Documents

Attachment A - Procedures:

The following Wholesale Market Procedures are provided, in non-track changed format, with the effective date specified in this notice:

The Victorian Retail Market Procedures are provided, in non-track changed format, with the effective date are published to this location:

Attachment B – Technical Documents:

The following DWGM Technical Documents are provided, in non-track changed format, with the effective date specified in this notice:

The Victorian Retail Market Procedures are provided, in non-track changed format to this location:

External Victorian HVZ Transition Plan

This document provides a Transition Plan and Process to enable a ‘once-off’ process to enable synchronisation of the new Victorian Heating Value Zones (HVZ) between Distribution businesses, Financially Responsible Organisation (FRO) and AEMO.

Declared Wholesale Gas Market – Wholesale Market Procedure Consultations

DWGM - Notice of Decision documents

Attachment A - Wholesale Market Procedures

Attachment B – DWGM Technical Documents

Attachment C

DWGM – Participant responses to IIR

DWGM IIR Documents:

Attachment A

Attachment B

Attachment C

Attachment D

DWGM – Participant responses to PPC

DWGM PPC Documents

Attachment A - Wholesale Market Procedures

Attachment B

Attachment C

Attachment D

Gas Retail Market – Retail Market Procedure Consultation

Retail market changes - Notice of Decision

Consultation documents for Package 3A - Zonal Heating Value:

Consultation documents for Package 3B - Hydrogen and minor RMP changes

Retail market changes - IIR

Consultation documents for Package 3A - Zonal Heating Value

Consultation documents for Package 3B – Hydrogen and minor RMP changes

Retail Market changes - PPC

Consultation documents for Package 3A - Zonal Heating Value

Consultation documents for Package 3B – Hydrogen and minor RMP changes

ConsultationsDeclared Wholesale Gas Market
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