AGL has made a submission on Gas Compensation and Dispute Resolution Frameworks advocating for a new gas compensation framework that incorporates opportunity costs, which are crucial to a participant’s short-run marginal cost (SRMCT) and market sustainability. The current draft rule’s focus on direct costs alone fails to reflect true market dynamics and penalizes participants. AGL also opposes new civil penalties for AEMO directions, believing existing behavioural standards are sufficient. Additionally, AGL finds the proposed increase of the minimum claim threshold from $5,000 to $50,000 excessive, suggesting a $20,000 threshold as more reasonable. This push aims to ensure a fair, comprehensive compensation approach that truly accounts for all relevant costs.

Read the full submission here.