GAWB price monitoring 2025–30

On 23 May 2024, the QCA received an amending referral notice from the Queensland Government to undertake a price monitoring investigation into Gladstone Area Water Board (GAWB) for the pricing period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2030. The amending referral notice is available below along with the initial referral notice issued to us on 14 December 2023.

The amending referral excludes consideration of the Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline from the price monitoring investigation so that the impacts associated with it can be considered with greater precision in a subsequent QCA investigation closer to the commissioning of the project, which is expected in 2026.

On 31 May 2024, GAWB provided its initial submission setting out its proposed prices for the 2025-30 price monitoring period. GAWB’s submission and supporting documentation are available below.

Our price monitoring investigation has commenced and will consider a range of matters, including the appropriate prices for the period that provide GAWB sufficient revenue to recover its prudent and efficient costs.

We are now seeking initial stakeholder submissions in response to GAWB’s submission by 16 August 2024. Key steps are outlined below.

Step	Date
GAWB’s submission due	By 31 May 2024
Submissions from stakeholders due (extended from 31 July 2024)	By 16 August 2024
Draft report provided to government	By 29 November 2024
Draft report published	Early December 2024
Submissions on the draft report due	By 16 February 2025
Final report provided to government	By 30 April 2025
Final report published	Early May 2025
Mid-term report	By 31 October 2028

We have published our notice of investigation and a guidance notice to provide information to interested parties. We encourage interested parties to subscribe for email updates on this project here.

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