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APA DEWAP Network

APA Group is the owner and operator of Port Hedland assets and power supply operations.

APA Group owns and operates the Port Hedland Power Station and the APA Group 66kV transmission network (APA Group Network). The APA Group Network connects the Port Hedland Power Station to the North West Interconnected System (NWIS) at Wedgefield and Murdoch Drive substations.

The Port Hedland Power Station is a large gas-fired power station. APA Group supplies electricity from the Port Hedland Power Station to a small number of large use customers in the Port Hedland region.

The Western Australian Government has undertaken market reforms to enable competition in the NWIS. As part of this process, APA Group’s Network is now a ‘covered network’ which makes it subject to new regulations under the Pilbara Networks Access Code (PNAC).

Pilbara Electricity Network Access Regulation

Regulation of APA Group’s Port Hedland transmission network commenced on 1 July 2021. This regulation is incorporated under the light-handed third-party network access regime of the PNAC.

Regulation under the PNAC focuses on the NWIS, which has three main operators of electricity networks: APA Group, Horizon Power and Rio Tinto. An Independent System Operator (ISO) performs power system oversight in accordance with the Pilbara Networks Rules (which includes administration of the Harmonised Technical Rules).

This website ensures that current and future customers in the NWIS have access to all relevant information on the APA Group Network.

Our Network Documents

APA Group has completed the consultation for the draft documents required under the PNAC.

The following documents have been updated incorporating changes set out in the final decision.

PNAC required information Final documents effective 1 July 2024
System description APA DEWAP System Description
Services and pricing policy Services and Pricing Policy
Network development policy

Planning Standards & Criteria

Contributions Policy

User access guide

User Access Guide

Queuing Policy

Sample Electricity Transfer Access Contract

Consultation

APA Group invites comments on the following documents we are required to publish in accordance with the PNAC for the Port Hedland network.

PNAC required information

Draft documents for public consultation

System description

APA DEWAP System Description

Services and pricing policy

Services and Pricing Policy

Network development policy

Planning Standards & Criteria

Contributions policy

User access guide

User Access Guide

Queuing Policy

Sample Electricity Transfer Access Contract (reference service contract) – clean

Sample Electricity Transfer Access Contract (reference service contract) – Tracked changes

 

 

Details on the consultation process and how to make a submission can be found here.

Submissions can be sent via email to [email protected] by 5:00pm (Perth, Western Australia) Monday 17 June 2024.

We will consider feedback, make any required amendments and publish final documents by 1 July 2024.

Submissions received during the consultation process are below:

Other documents