On 23 May 2025, APA Bulloo Interlink Pipeline Pty Ltd (a wholly owned entity of APA Group) submitted to the AER a greenfields incentive determination application for its proposed Bulloo Interlink gas pipeline. It provided a revised application on 9 July 2025.
The Bulloo Interlink is proposed to be commissioned in 2028 and will connect APA’s South West Queensland Pipeline to its Moomba to Sydney Pipeline.
A greenfields incentive determination means that the pipeline cannot become a scheme pipeline during the operative period (15 years or less) for the determination.
The determination aims to encourage efficient investment in pipeline infrastructure by improving investment certainty, but these benefits need to be weighed against the potential risks of being exempt from full regulation.
Discussion Paper
On 7 August 2025, the AER published a discussion paper commencing consultation on the Bulloo Interlink Pipeline’s greenfields incentive determination application.
We invite interested parties to make submissions on APA’s applications and the issues set out in this discussion paper by 5 pm AEST 28 August 2025. We prefer that submissions are provided in an electronic format (.doc or other text searchable document) and emailed to GasPipelineExemptions
aer [dot] gov [dot] au (GasPipelineExemptions[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au).