EUAA Submission: APA Rule 80 Application for South West Pipeline
Emily Wood | June 5, 2026
APA are proposing three stages of development for the South West Pipeline, Compression, Looping and other investments to increase capacity. The Vic Gov is also wanting upgrades to facilitate LNG import terminals in Port Phillip Bay.
‘…Our feedback focuses on three core priorities, centering on support for near-term capacity uplift through compression as an immediate priority, followed by looping as a secondary priority, which could be further supported by our third priority which is gas pipeline augmentation to assist in facilitating indigenous gas resources.
However, the EUAA does not support regulated expenditure that primarily benefits a single participant, which in this case is represented through the proposed LNG import terminal. If an import terminal requires additional pipeline capacity to operate, that investment should be funded by the proponent through its own commercial arrangements, and not recovered from the broader consumer base. This is consistent with the approach applied to other network augmentations, where generators or individual users are expected to fund the infrastructure required to support their own operations….’
Please download attached document to read our full submission.
