Division 6 Exemption of Facilities from registration 40 AEMO may exempt Facilities from registration (1) AEMO may decide, in accordance with this Division, to exempt a Facility from the requirement to be registered as a Registered Facility. (2) AEMO may grant an Exemption under this Division in relation to a Facility whether it is an Eligible GBB Facility or is a Registered Facility. 41 Intending facility operators may apply for exemption of a new Facility (1) A person intending to own, control or operate a new Facility (intending new facility operator) that may be required to be registered under rule 22 may submit an Exemption Application to AEMO in accordance with this Division prior to the commencement of the operation of the Facility. (2) An intending new facility operator must satisfy AEMO that it intends to operate a Facility that may require registration before AEMO is required to accept an Exemption Application. 42 Applying for Exemption of a Facility (1) An owner, controller or operator of a Facility who is required to be registered in relation to the facility under rule 22 may nominate a person to be the applicant (nominated applicant) to submit an Exemption Application to AEMO for exemption from the requirement for the facility to be a Registered Facility. (2) An Exemption Application submitted by a nominated applicant must be in the form specified by AEMO on the GSI Website for the particular type of Facility and must include: (a) information about the identity of each person who is an owner, controller or operator of the relevant facility; and (b) the written consent of all parties to the application. (3) If AEMO considers that an Exemption Application does not provide sufficient information to accept the application, then AEMO may, within 10 Business Days after receipt of the application, request further information from the nominated applicant (a first information request). (4) A nominated applicant must, within 10 Business Days after receiving a first information request, provide any further information in relation to its Exemption Application requested by AEMO. (5) If, at the end of the 10 Business Days for receipt of information under subrule (4), (the first information request closing date) AEMO considers it does not have
Where— is the AEMO Budget for Financial Year y; Regulator Fees(y) are the Regulator Fees for Financial Year y; is the sum of any GSI Fees invoiced for preceding GSI Invoice Periods but unpaid at the time GSI Fees for GSI Invoice Period p are invoiced and which AEMO reasonably believes it will not be able to recover from the party invoiced (and has not been previously reallocated as a U(p) amount); and is the sum of any amounts included in the calculation of U for a preceding GSI Invoice Period which have been recovered since the GSI Fees for GSI Invoice Period p-1 were invoiced. (2) The GSI Fee for the GSI Invoice Period p for a Registered Shipper s is calculated as: Where: is the total of the Aggregated Shipper Delivery Quantities for Registered Shipper s and GSI Invoice Period p from all GBB Pipelines that provided the shipper with a pipeline service in GSI Invoice Period p; and is the sum of the quantities for all Registered Shippers for GSI Invoice Period p. (3) The GSI Fee for the GSI Invoice Period p for a Registered Production Facility Operator is calculated as: Where: is the total of the Aggregated Daily Actual Flow Data for Registered Production Facility Operator and for the GSI Invoice Period p as calculated by AEMO under rule 115A; and is the sum of the quantities for all Registered Production Facility Operators and for the GSI Invoice Period p. 117 AEMO to issue GSI Invoice (1) Where AEMO receives Aggregated Shipper Delivery Quantities under rule 115 within 20 Business Days after the end of the relevant GSI Invoice Period, AEMO must, within 30 Business Days of the end of that period— (a) calculate the GSI Fee for each Registered Shipper for that period in accordance with rule 116; and (b) issue a GSI Invoice to each Registered Shipper for that period, which separately itemises—
Eligible GBB Facility means a Facility that is neither a Registered Facility or subject to an Exemption, but may be required to be registered under rule 22. Emergency Management Facility means the part of the GBB, which is activated by an EMF Direction from the Coordinator of Energy, to facilitate the availability of information to manage a gas supply disruption or emergency. EMF means the Emergency Management Facility. EMF Direction means a direction issued by the Coordinator of Energy under rule 93 to activate or deactivate the EMF. EMF Information means: (a) for a Registered Pipeline Operator in relation to each GBB Pipeline that it operates: (i) the maximum daily capacity of the pipeline, without impacting on the safe operation of the pipeline; and (ii) the minimum amount of linepack that must be stored in the pipeline to enable the continued safe operation of the pipeline; (b) for a Registered Storage Facility Operator for each GBB Storage Facility that it operates: (i) the maximum amount of gas that can be safely delivered into storage on a Gas Day; (ii) the maximum amount of gas that can be safely withdrawn from the storage facility, for injection into one or more GBB Pipelines on a Gas Day; and (iii) the minimum amount of gas that must be held in storage to ensure the continued safe operation of the storage facility; (c) for a Registered Production Facility Operator for each GBB Production Facility that it operates: (i) the maximum daily production capacity of the facility, without impacting the safe operation of the facility; and (ii) the minimum daily level of production to ensure the continued safe operation of the facility (plant turn down point); and (d) for a Registered Large User for each GBB Large User Facility that it operates: (i) whether the facility is capable of using an alternative fuel; (ii) if the facility is capable of using an alternative fuel, what types of alternative fuel it is capable of using;
Schedule 3 - Savings and Transitional Rules Part 1 Transitional rules for start of GSI Rules Division 1 Definitions 1 Definitions In this Part: initial Allowable Revenue and Forecast Capital Expenditure means the revenue and forecast capital expenditure for the initial Review Period; initial GSI Budget Proposal means the budget proposed for the 2013-2014 Financial Year; initial Review Period means the period commencing on 1 July 2013 and ending on 30 June 2016; maintenance report means all information on maintenance that an operator of a Registered Facility generally provides to Shippers; seven day Capacity Outlook means a Capacity Outlook provided on a Gas Day D for Gas Day D+1 to Gas Day D+7 (inclusive); seven day forecast flow data means: (a) for a GBB Pipeline, the data required under subrules 59(1)(b) and (2)(b); and (b) for a GBB Storage Facility, the data required under subrules 67(1)(c) and (d); three day Capacity Outlook means a Capacity Outlook provided on a Gas Day D for Gas Day D+1 to Gas Day D+3 (inclusive); three day forecast flow data means, with respect to a Gas Day D: for a GBB Pipeline, for each Delivery Point and Receipt Point, the aggregate quantity of gas forecasted by Shippers to be withdrawn or injected at the Delivery Point or Receipt Point on each of Gas Days D+2 to D+3 (inclusive), if the Registered Pipeline Operator has been provided with forecast quantities by Shippers on the GBB Pipeline; and for a GBB Storage Facility, for each Delivery Point and Receipt Point on a GBB Pipeline to which the Facility is connected, the aggregate quantity of gas forecasted by Shippers to be: (i) withdrawn from each Delivery Point and injected into the GBB Storage Facility on each of Gas Days D+2 to D+3 inclusive; and