Amendments Proposed in the Discussion Paper That Are Not Proceeding
Disclosure of Per Consumer Pipeline Charges to Be Discontinued
29. Some gas distributors are moving to forms of pricing that make per consumer line charges impossible to calculate accurately, undermining the quality of the information available. In addition, NGC Transmission contracts direct with gas retailers and it is not practicable for NGC Transmission to calculate per consumer pipeline charges. Nor is it appropriate for retailers to calculate these charges - the calculated charges would differ between retailers and policy is that disclosure obligations should not be imposed on competitive parts of the industry.
30. As a result the requirement to disclose per consumer pipeline charges is being discontinued. Other components of the Regulations adequately meet the purposes for which pipeline charge disclosure was designed, including pipeline accounts and performance measures, contracts (tariff schedules and non-standard contracts) and the methodology for calculating pipeline charges.
Common Balance Date Not to Be Required
31. The discussion paper proposed that a common balance date (March) be used for all gas disclosures. It is now considered that the costs of this proposal outweigh the benefits and the proposal to require a common balance date has been dropped.
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