Committees

Office of the Technical Regulator (OTR) staff are represented on various standards and advisory committees to ensure that the regulatory views of the OTR are considered in developing various industry Standards / Codes or in the development or administration of functions related to OTR responsibilities by the Government or industry.  The Technical Regulator's Annual Report provides a complete list of committees where OTR are currently represented.

Please visit the Committees section for more information.

Compliance and enforcement policy

Please visit this area of the site to view information about the OTR's Compliance and enforcement policy.

Consumer protection

Please visit this area of the site to view information about Consumer protection.

Gas utility licensing

Prior to 1 July 2003, the Technical Regulator was responsible for administering gas industry licensing functions. 

Please visit the Gas utility licensing area for more information.

GMMP

Envestra, the owner of the gas meters, has contracted OEAM (Origin Energy Asset Management Ltd) to manage the installation and maintenance of its meters. OEAM has presented a Gas Measurement Management Plan to the Technical Regulator as required by the licence conditions. It contains an overview of the current practice and also outlines OEAM's proposed procedures for future operation. This Plan has been reviewed and conditionally accepted by the Technical Regulator as complying with the requirements of the Gas Act 1997 and being adequate to maintain the standards of the consumer metering and billing systems. OEAM has applied to extend the life of some gas meters in service and this application has been approved with the condition that OEAM regularly submits detailed field test results to the Technical Regulator and that these results justify such an extension.

You can find more information at the GMMP section of this site.

Industry structure

The Technical Regulator is responsible for overseeing the natural gas transmission and distribution reticulation pipeline network.

Gas is supplied from the Moomba plant in the State's north and Katnook in the South East. The Technical Regulator monitors gas supplies to ensure that gas is available in required quantities and quality for the metropolitan and regional distribution networks and for general use in gas appliances.

More information is available on the Industry structure section of the site.

Legislative framework

This section provides general information on the legislative framework.

Reporting gas incidents

For the purposes of section 58 of the Act, if an accident happens that involves gas caused by the operation or condition of gas infrastructure or a gas installation, a report must be made to the Technical Regulator

Details about reporting incidents is located in the Reporting gas incidents section.

SRMTMP

Safety Management Plans are required by licence conditions and form an integral part of the monitoring of the standards of distribution system. The Plan is required to state procedures of safety design, installation, commissioning, operation and decommissioning of the network. It describes the assets of the network, internal auditing, and the risk assessment that has been performed. It also provides some limited Key Performance Indicators.

More information is available in the SRMTMP section of the site.