Capacity assessments

Status
Past review
Final report
19/07/2018

Baseline capacity assessment report

The 2016 access undertaking required Aurizon Network to submit its baseline capacity assessment report within six months after the access undertaking is approved. Once the QCA agreed to the report, Aurizon Network had to undertake an annual capacity analysis and make a preliminary capacity assessment report available.

On 19 July 2018, we published our decision to agree with Aurizon Network’s baseline capacity assessment report (BCAR). Our decision was informed by stakeholder submissions, and a report by GHD, who assessed the BCAR against the requirements of the 2016 access undertaking (cl. 7A.4).

The QCA’s decision notice and decision report, GHD’s report, stakeholder submissions and related documents, can be downloaded below.

On 1 March 2018, we released a report by GHD, who assessed Aurizon Network’s BCAR against the requirements of the 2016 access undertaking (cl. 7A.4).

GHD’s report, and the submissions on GHD’s report, can be downloaded below.

On 21 March 2017, Aurizon Network submitted its baseline capacity assessment report (BCAR) to the QCA, along with its 2016 system operating parameters (SOPs) report. Public versions of the BCAR and SOPs report, along with Aurizon Network’s submission letter, are available below.

We received two submissions on Aurizon Network’s BCAR and SOPs.

Date Action
21 March 2017 Aurizon Network submitted its BCAR (and its 2016 SOPs report)
5 April 2017 The QCA published non-confidential versions of the BCAR and SOPs report on our website and invited stakeholder submissions.
5 May 2017 The QCA received submissions from the QRC and Pacific National.
1 March 2018 The QCA published GHD’s report and invited stakeholder submissions.
29 March 2018 The QCA received submissions on the GHD report from Aurizon Network, the QRC, Pacific National and Glencore.
19 July 2018 The QCA published its decision on the BCAR.

Reports and papers

Title Document
19 July 2018 Final report QCA decision – baseline capacity assessment report pdf, 347.13 Kb
Title Document
20 April 2018 Submission QRC – Submission on GHD Report pdf, 161.42 Kb
20 April 2018 Submission Pacific National – Submission on GHD Report pdf, 1.36 Mb
20 April 2018 Submission Glencore – Submission on GHD Report pdf, 360.04 Kb
20 April 2018 Submission Aurizon Network – Submission on GHD Report pdf, 946.68 Kb
Title Document
01 March 2018 Consultant report GHD – Final Report on AN Baseline Capacity Assessment pdf, 13.92 Mb
Title Document
19 July 2018 Notice QCA – Decision notice pdf, 75.59 Kb
01 March 2018 Notice QCA – Stakeholder Notice re GHD Final AN BCAR Report pdf, 469.43 Kb
05 April 2017 Notice QCA – Stakeholder Notice pdf, 475.12 Kb
Title Document
05 May 2017 Submission Pacific National – BCAR and SOPs submission pdf, 257.99 Kb
05 May 2017 Submission QRC – BCAR and SOPs submission pdf, 3.31 Mb
Title Document
21 March 2017 Submission Aurizon Network – BCAR letter pdf, 36.00 Kb
21 March 2017 Submission Aurizon Network – Baseline Capacity Assessment Report pdf, 3.14 Mb
21 March 2017 Submission Aurizon Network – System Operating Parameters pdf, 2.82 Mb