Domestic gas reservation policy
972. Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for State Development:
I refer to the state government's domestic gas reservation policy, under which 15% of a project's reserves are supposed to be set aside for the local market.
(1) Which departments or agencies and which ministers currently have regulatory oversight of the domestic gas reservation policy?
(2) What compliance regimes and structures are applied to producers to ensure that 15% of a project's reserves are quarantined for the local market, and what changes have been made to them in the last two years?
(3) What percentage of the state's gas production has been delivered to WA users under the domestic gas reservation policy in each of the financial years from 2020–21 to 2024–25?
(4) Has the government explored or proposed any changes to the latest version of the domestic gas reservation policy and, if so, what changes have been discussed, when and with whom?
Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) The Department of Energy and Economic Diversification is responsible for the enforcement and implementation of the domestic gas reservation policy. The Minister for State Development oversees the domestic gas reservation policy.
(2) Producers are required to enter into state agreements, state development agreements and/or domestic gas commitment agreements with the state, which impose domestic gas reservation obligations. No changes have been made to the existing agreements in the last two years.
(3) The WA Gas Bulletin Board publishes information on domestic gas production and can be used to ascertain information on supply under the domestic gas reservation policy since 2013.
(4) No.
