National Gas (Queensland) Law
sec.16Form of regulation factors
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sec.16 Form of regulation factors
The form of regulation factors are— the presence and extent of any barriers to entry in a market for pipeline services; the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between a covered gas service provided by a service provider and any other covered gas service provided by the service provider; the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between a covered gas service provided by a service provider and any other service provided by the service provider in any other market; the extent to which any market power possessed by a service provider is, or is likely to be, mitigated by any countervailing market power possessed by a user or prospective user; the presence and extent of any substitute, and the elasticity of demand, in a market for a pipeline service in which a service provider provides that service; the presence and extent of any substitute for, and the elasticity of demand in a market for, electricity or gas (as the case may be). s 16 amd 2022 No. 21 (SA) s 22 ; 2023 No. 36 (SA) s 12
- (a) the presence and extent of any barriers to entry in a market for pipeline services;
- (b) the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between a covered gas service provided by a service provider and any other covered gas service provided by the service provider;
- (c) the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between a covered gas service provided by a service provider and any other service provided by the service provider in any other market;
- (d) the extent to which any market power possessed by a service provider is, or is likely to be, mitigated by any countervailing market power possessed by a user or prospective user;
- (e) the presence and extent of any substitute, and the elasticity of demand, in a market for a pipeline service in which a service provider provides that service;
- (f) the presence and extent of any substitute for, and the elasticity of demand in a market for, electricity or gas (as the case may be).