AER - Draft - Handbook to the Part 10 financial reporting template and Basis of preparation template - 26 July 2023

On 26 July 2023, the AER published the:

• draft gas pipeline information disclosure guidelines (draft Guidelines)
• Part 10 financial reporting template including the pricing template (for gas pipeline users)
• Part 10 financial reporting template handbook and basis of preparation template
• Part 18A price reporting guidelines (found within the draft Guidelines)
• Part 18A actual prices payable template (for stand-alone compression and storage facility users)

The draft Guidelines are intended to improve transparency and the bargaining power for users of gas pipeline and stand-alone compression and storage facilities. They set out the prescribed transparency information that service providers of gas pipeline and stand-alone compression and storage facilities must publish.