New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL GAS (NSW) LAW - SECT 91A

91A AEMO's statutory functions

(1) AEMO has the following functions--

(a) to operate and administer gas markets in accordance with this Law, the Rules and the Procedures;

(b) to promote the development, and improve the effectiveness of the operation and administration of, gas markets;

(ba) conduct trials relating to the operation and administration of markets, or parts of markets, capacity auctions and transaction support arrangements that are or will be governed by this Law, the Rules and the Procedures;

(c) to register persons as Registered participants;

(d) to exempt certain persons from being registered as Registered participants;

(e) to facilitate retail customer transfer, metering and retail competition (including balancing, allocation and reconciliation of gas deliveries and withdrawals to and from subnetworks);

(ea) the east coast gas system reliability and supply adequacy functions;

(f) for an adoptive jurisdiction--the declared system functions or STTM functions (as the case requires);

(g) to make, amend or revoke Procedures;

(ga) the gas trading exchange functions;

(gb) the capacity auction functions;

(gc) to establish, operate and administer transaction support arrangements;

(h) to operate and maintain the Gas Bulletin Board;

(i) to prepare, periodically review, revise, and publish the gas statement of opportunities;

(j) to investigate breaches or possible breaches of the Procedures;

(k) any functions conferred by jurisdictional gas legislation or an application Act;

(l) any other functions conferred under this Law, the Rules or the Procedures.

Notes:

1 AEMO has additional functions under its Constitution.

2 It should be noted that AEMO's statutory functions include its functions under the National Electricity Law and the National Electricity Rules: see definition of statutory functions in section 2.

3 AEMO also has responsibilities, under Part 4 of the Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004 of South Australia, related to administrative costs associated with the work of the Consumer Advocacy Panel.

4 AEMO has additional functions and powers under the National Energy Retail Law and the National Energy Retail Rules.

(2) AEMO must, in carrying out functions referred to in this section have regard to the national gas objective.