Abbreviations Term Definition ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission AEMC Australian Energy Market Commission AEMO Australian Energy Market Operator AER Australian Energy Regulator Amendment Bill National Gas (South Australia) (Pipelines Access-Arbitration) Amendment Bill 2017 CCA Commercial Arbitration Act CCA Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Commonwealth) COAG Council of Australian Governments Council COAG Energy Council CPA Competition Principles Agreement East Coast Review Eastern Australian Wholesale Gas Market and Pipelines Framework AEMC’s Review (May 2016) ERA Economic Regulation Authority Examination (December 2016) Dr Vertigan’s GMRG Gas Market Reform Group GTA Gas Transportation Agreement Inquiry Inquiry into the East Coast Gas Market (April 2016) ACCC’s NER National Electricity Rules NGL National Gas Law NGO National Gas Objective NGR National Gas Rules Package COAG Energy Gas Market Reform Package Council’s SCO Standing Committee of Officials Vision COAG Energy (December 2014) Australian Gas Market Vision Council’s The following terminology is used in this note: the is used to refer to existing and prospective shippers and is used term ‘prospective user’ interchangeably with the term shipper; the term and are used interchangeably; and ‘service provider’ ‘pipeline operator’ the term has been used to jointly refer to both the Australian Energy Regulator and the ‘AER’ Economic Regulation Authority (ERA) when discussing the roles that the relevant economic regulator will play under the new framework.
Abbreviations Term Definition ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission AEMC Australian Energy Market Commission AEMO Australian Energy Market Operator AER Australian Energy Regulator Amendment Bill National Gas (South Australia) (Pipelines Access-Arbitration) Amendment Bill 2017 CCA Commercial Arbitration Act CCA Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Commonwealth) COAG Council of Australian Governments Council COAG Energy Council CPA Competition Principles Agreement East Coast Review AEMC’s Eastern Australian Wholesale Gas Market and Pipelines Framework Review (May 2016) ERA Economic Regulation Authority Examination Dr Vertigan’s (December 2016) GMRG Gas Market Reform Group GTA Gas Transportation Agreement Inquiry ACCC’s Inquiry into the East Coast Gas Market (April 2016) NER National Electricity Rules NGL National Gas Law NGO National Gas Objective NGR National Gas Rules Package COAG Energy Council’s Gas Market Reform Package SCO Standing Committee of Officials Vision COAG Energy Council’s Australian Gas Market Vision (December 2014) The following terminology is used in this note: the term ‘prospective user’ is used to refer to existing and prospective shippers and is used interchangeably with the term shipper; the term ‘service provider’ and ‘pipeline operator’ are used interchangeably; and the term ‘AER’ has been used to jointly refer to both the Australian Energy Regulator and the Economic Regulation Authority (ERA) when discussing the roles that the relevant economic regulator will play under the new framework.
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