Governance and Institutions - Archive

Archived information on legislative and regulatory arrangements, the development of the industry levy, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) and the Australian Energy Regulator (AER).

For current information on legislative and regulatory arrangements, please refer to the Governance and Institutions webpage.

Agreements and Legislation

• National Electricity (Economic Regulation of Distribution Services) Amendment Rules 2007 - Final - Covering Letter [PDF, 665KB]

• COAG Amended Australian Energy Market Agreement, June 2006 [PDF, 331KB]

• Certified Initial National Electricity Rules, July 2005 [PDF, 3048KB]

• Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Regulations 2005 [PDF, 20KB]

• National Electricity (South Australia) (New National Electricity Law) Amendment Act 2005 [PDF, 255KB]

• National Electricity (South Australia) (New National Electricity Law) Amendment Bill 2005 - Second Reading Speech [PDF, 79KB]

• National Electricity (South Australia) (New National Electricity Law) Amendment Bill 2005
  The National Electricity (South Australia) (New National Electricity Law) Amendment Bill 2005 was passed through the South Australian Parliament on 14 April 2005. The Bill is also available through the South Australia Parliament website at www.parliament.sa.gov.au.

• COAG Australian Energy Market Agreement (June 2004) [PDF, 371KB]

• Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Energy Market) Act 2004

• Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004

• Australian Energy Market Act 2004

Consultation and Information Papers

• National Electricity (Economic Regulation of Distribution Services) Amendment Rules 2007 - Final [PDF, 645KB]

• Explanatory Material for the Second Exposure Draft of the National Electricity Law (Amendments), August 2007 [PDF, 99KB]

• Second Exposure Draft of the National Electricity Law (NEL) Amendments, August 2007 [PDF, 470KB]

• Draft National Gas (South Australia) Regulations July 2007 [PDF, 476KB]

• Explanatory Material for the Second Exposure Drafts of the National Gas Law and National Gas Rules, July 2007 [PDF, 255KB]

• National Gas Rules (Second Exposure Draft), July 2007 [PDF, 208KB]

• National Gas Law (Second Exposure Draft), July 2007 [PDF, 775KB]

• National Electricity Rules Distribution Revenue and Pricing Rules

• Second Exposure Draft Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment (Consumer Advocacy Panel) Amendment Bill (23 April 2007) [PDF, 163KB]

• Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment (variation) Regulations 2007 [PDF, 124KB]

• Exposure Draft of the Amendments to the National Electricity Law (NEL) [PDF, 400KB]

• Explanatory Material to the Electricity Amendments and Further Amendments to the Electricity and Gas Rule - Change Process (January 2007) [PDF, 344KB]

• Explanation of the Initial National Gas Rules, November 2006 [PDF, 160KB]

• Draft National Gas Rules 2007 [PDF, 73KB]

• 2006 Comprehensive Legislative Package: Overview and Response to Expert Panel on Energy Access Pricing, November 2006 [PDF, 165KB]

• Explanation of the Consumer Advocacy Changes, November 2006 [PDF, 52KB]

• Regulatory Impact Statements on Form of Regulation, Pricing Principles, Information Disclosure and Regulatory Decision-Making, November 2006 [PDF, 474KB]

• Explanation of the Gas Legislative Framework, November 2006 [PDF, 448KB]

• Exposure Draft of the Amendments to the Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004, November 2006 [PDF, 157KB]
  

• MCE Statement of Scope - A National Legislative Framework for Gas and Electricity, July 2006 [PDF, 176KB]
  The MCE SCO has released a Statement of Scope to assist stakeholders byoutlining detailsof future national legislative arrangements for gas and electricity markets and clarifying thescope of the proposed legislative packages to progress the MCE Energy Market Reform Agenda.

• MCE Decision on Review of Decision-Making in the Gas and Electricity Regulatory Frameworks, May 2006 [PDF, 184KB]

• Responses to Key Issues Raised in Submissions to the Statement of Approach December 2005 [PDF, 77KB]
  A New Legislative Framework for Gas

• Regulatory Impact Statement on Models for Review of Decision-Making in the Gas and Electricity Regulatory Frameworks [PDF, 132KB]

• SCO Statement of Approach for a New Legislative Framework for Gas, September 2005 [PDF, 182KB]
  This Statement of Approach has been prepared by the Standing Committee of Officials (SCO), to outline its approach to the development of the new National Gas Law and National Gas Rules. See below to download the paper.

• Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Regulations 2005 - Information Paper [PDF, 26KB]

• National Electricity Regulations (to commence 1 July 2005) [PDF, 68KB]

• Initial National Electricity Rules (to commence 1 July 2005)

• SCO Response to Key Issues Raised by Stakeholders on the Second Exposure Draft of the National Electricity Rules (April 2005) [PDF, 160KB]
  Table of responses to key issues raised by stakeholders on the Second Exposure Draft of the National Electricity Rules, releasedon 4 April 2005.

• SCO Response to Key Issues Raised by Stakeholders on the Exposure Draft of the National Electricity Regulations and Update of Prescribed Civil Penalty Provisions (February 2005) [PDF, 56KB]

• Marked up National Electricity Rules Second Exposure Draft, 4 April 2005

• Response to Key Issues Raised by Stakeholders on the Exposure Draft of the National Electricity Rules, released on 10 December 2004 [PDF, 144KB]

• Response to Key Issues Raised by Stakeholders on the Exposure Draft of the National Electricity Law, February 2005 [PDF, 196KB]

• National Electricity Regulations Exposure Draft, 11 February 2005 [PDF, 400KB]

• National Electricity Market Objective: An Explanation, December 2004 [PDF, 37KB]

• National Electricity Rules, Consultation Paper, 10 December 2004 [PDF, KB]

• National Electricity Rules Exposure Draft, 10 December 2004

• Marked up National Electricity Rules Exposure Draft, 10 December 2004 (showing proposed changes to National Electricity Code)

• National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules Information Paper, December 2004 [PDF, 123KB]

• Table of amendments to the National Electricity Code proposed in the National Electricity Rules Exposure Draft, December 2004 [PDF, 1746KB]

• National Electricity Law Exposure Draft, 1 December 2004 [PDF, 441KB]

• Response to key issues raised at briefings and in submissions on the Proposed National Electricity Rule Change Process, August 2004 [PDF, 235KB]

• National Electricity Rule Change Process, Consultation Paper, August 2004 [PDF, 420KB]

• Legislative and Regulatory Framework, Information Paper, August 2004 [PDF, 234KB]

• Memorandum of advice on the Proposed National Electricity Market Rules, 5 August 2004 [PDF, 2731KB]

• Intergovernmental Agreement and Legislative Framework, Information Paper, May 2004 [PDF, 178KB]

• Application of the Industry Levy to fund the AER and AEMC, Discussion Paper, April 2004 [PDF, 478KB]

• AER-AEMC-ACCC Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Framework, Discussion Paper, March 2004 [PDF, 220KB]

• Streamlining of the Code Change Process, Discussion Paper, March 2004 [PDF, 262KB]

Energy Market Reform Bulletins

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No. 97 - Second Exposure Draft of National Electricity Law Amendments (August 2007) [PDF, 33KB]

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No. 93 - Release of Economic Regulatory Package for Gas (July 2007) [PDF, 34KB]

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No. 69 - Revised Timeline for 2006 Legislative Package (August 2006) [PDF, 37KB]
  The Ministerial Council on Energy has agreed to amend the dates contained in the AEMA so that certain electricity and gas changes can commence by 1 July 2007.

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No. 68 - Release of MCE Statement of Scope - A National Legislative Framework for Gas and Electricity (July 2006) [PDF, 31KB]
  Please see attached PDF file.

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No.64 - Release of the COAG Amended Australian Energy Market Agreement (June 2006) [PDF, 51KB]

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No.63 - Release of the MCE Decision on Review of Decision-Making in the Gas and Electricity Regulatory Frameworks (June 2006) [PDF, 29KB]

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No.58 - Release of MCE SCO Document "Response to Key Issues Raised in Submissions to the Statement of Approach on the Development of the New National Gas Law and Rules" [PDF, 32KB]

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No.57 - Arrangement for Consumer Advocacy in the Energy Sector (December 2005) [PDF, 38KB]

• Energy Market Reform Bulletin No.54 - Release of Regulatory Impact Statement on the Models for Review of Decision-Making in the Gas and Electricity Regulatory Frameworks (December 2005) [PDF, 39KB]

Presentations

• National Electricity Law and Rules, Consultation Session, 10 December 2004 [PDF, 110KB]

• Levy, Code Change Process and MoU, Consultation Forums, 23-24 March 2004 [PDF, 364KB]

Submissions:

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

• 2006 Legislative Package: Gas and Consumer Advocacy, November 2006

• 2006 Legislative Package: Initial National Gas Rules, November 2006

• AER-AEMC-ACCC Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Framework, March 2004

• Application of the Industry Levy to fund the AER and AEMC, April 2004

• Draft Criteria for Assessing the Effectiveness of Competition, July 2006

• Gas and Electricity Regulatory Frameworks, November 2005

• Marked up National Electricity Rules Second Exposure Draft, April 2005

• National Electricity Law, December 2004

• National Electricity Regulations, February 2005

• National Electricity Rule Change Process, August 2004

• National Electricity Rules Distribution Revenue and Pricing Rules

• National Electricity Rules, December 2004

• RIS on Models for Decision-Making in Gas & Elec Reg Frameworks, Dec 2005

• SCO Statement of Approach for a New Legislative Framework for Gas, September 2005

• Streamlining of the Code Change Process, March 2004

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• 2006 Legislative Package: Gas and Consumer Advocacy, November 2006
• 2006 Legislative Package: Initial National Gas Rules, November 2006
• AER-AEMC-ACCC Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Framework, March 2004
• Application of the Industry Levy to fund the AER and AEMC, April 2004
• Draft Criteria for Assessing the Effectiveness of Competition, July 2006
• Gas and Electricity Regulatory Frameworks, November 2005
• Marked up National Electricity Rules Second Exposure Draft, April 2005
• National Electricity Law, December 2004
• National Electricity Regulations, February 2005
• National Electricity Rule Change Process, August 2004
• National Electricity Rules Distribution Revenue and Pricing Rules
• National Electricity Rules, December 2004
• RIS on Models for Decision-Making in Gas & Elec Reg Frameworks, Dec 2005
• SCO Statement of Approach for a New Legislative Framework for Gas, September 2005
• Streamlining of the Code Change Process, March 2004