DBCT's 2019 draft access undertaking

Status
In effect
Final report
01/07/2021

The 2019 Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal draft access undertaking (2019 DBCT DAU) sets out the terms and conditions DBI Management (DBIM) proposed for negotiating access to the Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal (DBCT), after the 2017 access undertaking (2017 AU) terminated in July 2021.

Approval of DBIM’s 2021 AU

We approved DBIM’s amended 2019 DBCT DAU on 1 July 2021. This DAU became the 2021 DBCT access undertaking (2021 AU) and replaced the 2017 AU. Our approval notice to DBIM can be accessed below.

We also published an updated version of our arbitration guideline, which supersedes the previous guideline published in March 2021.

DBI Management’s (previously DBCT Management) 2017 access undertaking notionally terminated on 1 July 2021.

We issued DBI Management with an initial undertaking notice on 12 October 2017, requiring it to give us a draft access undertaking for the services declared under section 250(1)(c) of the QCA Act by 1 July 2019. This written notice was given in accordance with section 133(1)(b) of the QCA Act.

We published a statement of regulatory intent for the assessment of DBI Management’s 2019 DAU, on 11 June 2019.

DBI Management lodged its 2019 DAU on 1 July 2019 and we published it on 5 July 2019.

Our statutory assessment period expired on 1 August 2020 for reasons outlined in the stakeholder notice available for download below.

Interim draft decision

We made an interim draft decision to refuse to approve the 2019 DBCT DAU, based on our preliminary assessment of the proposed pricing model. Our preliminary views on the pricing model are outlined in the interim draft decision report available below.

Draft decision

We made our draft decision to refuse to approve the 2019 DBCT DAU. Our preliminary views on the 2019 DAU, including possible amendments to the undertaking, are outlined in our draft decision report, available below.

Final decision

We made our final decision to refuse to approve the 2019 DBCT DAU. Our reasons for this decision and how we have asked DBI Management to amend its 2019 DAU in the manner we consider appropriate, are outlined in the secondary undertaking notice and final decision report available for download below.

DBI Management’s response

DBI Management lodged an amended 2019 DBCT DAU, in response to our SUN on 12 May 2021. We assessed if this DAU complied with our SUN.

Approval of DBIM’s 2021 AU

We approved DBI Management’s amended 2019 DBCT DAU on 1 July 2021. This undertaking became the 2021 AU and replaced the 2017 AU.

Stakeholder consultation

We consulted with stakeholders in our assessment of the 2019 DBCT DAU and received the following submissions:

  • July–September 2019: we received three submissions on the 2019 DAU
  • October–November 2019: we received a further three submissions on matters relevant to the interim draft decision
  • February–April 2020: we received two submissions on our interim draft decision
  • April–June 2020: we received two collaborative submissions on the 2019 DAU
  • August–October 2020: we received three submissions on our draft decision
  • October–December 2020: we hosted two stakeholder forums and received two further submissions
  • December 2020–January 2021: we received two letters from stakeholders and accepted these as late submissions.
Date Step
12 October 2017 We issued an initial undertaking notice
11 June 2019 We published our statement of regulatory intent
1 July 2019 DBCTM lodged its 2019 DBCT DAU
5 July 2019 We published the DAU and invited stakeholder submissions
23 September 2019 Submissions period closed—we received three submissions
25 October 2019 We updated our assessment process and invited further stakeholder submissions
22 November 2019 Submissions period closed—we received three further submissions
24 February 2020 We published our interim draft decision to refuse to approve the 2019 DBCT DAU and invited stakeholder submissions
24 April 2020 Submissions period closed—we received two submissions
29 April 2020 We invited stakeholders to provide collaborative submissions
5 June 2020 Collaborative submissions period closed—we received two submissions
1 August 2020 Expiry of our statutory timeframe for assessment
26 August 2020 We published our draft decision to refuse to approve the 2019 DBCT DAU and invited stakeholder submissions
23 October 2020 Submissions period closed—we received three submissions
29 October 2020 We invited stakeholders to provide further submissions and register interest for two stakeholder forums
18 November 2020 Stakeholder forums were held
4 December 2020 Submissions period closed—we received two submissions
3 February 2021 We accepted two letters from stakeholders as submissions on the 2019 DAU
30 March 2021 We published our final decision to refuse to approve the 2019 DBCT DAU and issued DBIM our secondary undertaking notice
12 May 2021 DBIM lodged its amended 2019 DBCT DAU
1 July 2021 We approved DBIM’s 2021 AU to replace the 2017 AU

Report and papers

Title Document
01 July 2021 Other documents DBIM—2021 DBCT Access Undertaking pdf, 1.39 Mb
01 July 2021 Other documents DBIM—Standard Access Agreement 2021 DBCT AU pdf, 838.73 Kb
12 May 2021 Submission DBIM—2019 Master Plan pdf, 3.33 Mb
Title Document
01 July 2021 Notice QCA—Approval letter to DBIM pdf, 203.03 Kb
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01 July 2021 Other documents QCA—Arbitration guideline version 2 (July 2021) pdf, 629.16 Kb
30 March 2021 Other documents QCA—Arbitration guideline 2019 DBCT DAU pdf, 674.78 Kb
Title Document
12 May 2021 Submission DBIM—Response to SUN cover letter pdf, 217.53 Kb
12 May 2021 Submission DBIM—Resubmitted 2019 DBCT DAU pdf, 1.39 Mb
12 May 2021 Submission DBIM—Resubmitted 2019 SAA pdf, 706.14 Kb
12 May 2021 Submission DBIM—2019 Master Plan pdf, 3.33 Mb
Title Document
30 March 2021 Final report QCA—Final decision pdf, 1.96 Mb
30 March 2021 Final report QCA—Final decision (Appendix A – 2019 DBCT DAU markup) pdf, 3.09 Mb
30 March 2021 Final report QCA—Final decision (Appendix B – 2019 DAU SAA markup) pdf, 793.96 Kb
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26 February 2021 Consultant report RMI—Review of the economic life of DBCT assets (redacted) pdf, 1.44 Mb
01 February 2021 Consultant report Advisian—Rehabilitation cost review report (Revision 1) pdf, 20.64 Mb
10 December 2020 Consultant report Advisian—Rebuttal report pdf, 500.93 Kb
Title Document
21 January 2021 Submission DBCT User Group—Letter to the QCA pdf, 127.89 Kb
23 December 2020 Submission DBIM—Letter to the QCA pdf, 188.11 Kb
17 December 2020 Other documents QCA—Letter to the DBCT User Group pdf, 205.74 Kb
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04 December 2020 Submission DBCTM—Further submission (redacted) pdf, 1.47 Mb
04 December 2020 Submission DBCT User Group—Further submission pdf, 1.37 Mb
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23 October 2020 Submission DBCTM—Submission on DD (redacted) pdf, 2.60 Mb
23 October 2020 Submission DBCTM—Amended 2019 DAU 2 (mark-up) pdf, 1.55 Mb
23 October 2020 Submission DBCTM—Amended 2019 SAA 2 (mark-up) pdf, 710.07 Kb
23 October 2020 Submission DBCT User Group—Submission on DD (redacted) pdf, 3.52 Mb
29 October 2020 Submission Aurizon Network—Submission on DD pdf, 168.08 Kb
Title Document
26 August 2020 Draft report QCA—Draft decision (Part A – decision report) pdf, 1.20 Mb
26 August 2020 Draft report QCA—Draft decision (Part B – arbitration guidelines) pdf, 591.99 Kb
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05 August 2020 Consultant report Advisian—Rehabilitation cost review report pdf, 18.88 Mb
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05 June 2020 Submission DBCTM-Cover letter for collaborative submission pdf, 160.30 Kb
05 June 2020 Submission DBCTM-Collaborative submission (redacted) pdf, 664.94 Kb
05 June 2020 Submission DBCT User Group-Collaborative submission pdf, 503.20 Kb
Title Document
23 April 2020 Submission DBCTM—Submission on IDD (redacted) pdf, 839.81 Kb
23 April 2020 Submission DBCTM—Amended 2019 DAU (mark-up) pdf, 2.58 Mb
23 April 2020 Submission DBCTM—Amended 2019 SAA (mark-up) pdf, 847.09 Kb
24 April 2020 Submission DBCT User Group—Submission on IDD pdf, 1.13 Mb
Title Document
24 February 2020 Draft report QCA—Interim draft decision pdf, 1.26 Mb
Title Document
22 November 2019 Submission DBCTM—Further submission (redacted) pdf, 477.31 Kb
22 November 2019 Submission DBCT User Group—Further submission (redacted) pdf, 473.79 Kb
22 November 2019 Submission New Hope Group—Further submission (redacted) pdf, 439.36 Kb
Title Document
23 September 2019 Submission DBCT User Group—Submission on 2019 DAU (redacted) pdf, 2.00 Mb
23 September 2019 Submission New Hope Group—Submission on 2019 DAU (redacted) pdf, 482.56 Kb
23 September 2019 Submission Whitehaven-Coal—Submission-on-2019-DAU pdf, 43.37 Kb
Title Document
01 July 2019 Submission DBCTM—Cover letter pdf, 1020.42 Kb
01 July 2019 Submission DBCTM—2019 DAU submission (redacted, incl. Appendix 5) pdf, 1.24 Mb
01 July 2019 Submission DBCTM-Appendix 1 GHD Rehabilitation Plan pdf, 3.49 Mb
01 July 2019 Submission DBCTM-Appendix 2 Non-price terms of access pdf, 89.09 Kb
01 July 2019 Submission DBCTM-Appendix 3 DBCT 2019 DAU pdf, 822.00 Kb
01 July 2019 Submission DBCTM-Appendix 4 DBCT 2019 SAA pdf, 464.92 Kb
01 July 2019 Submission DBCTM-Appendix 6 Master plan 2018 pdf, 3.77 Mb
Title Document
03 February 2021 Notice QCA—Notice on timing for final decision pdf, 69.52 Kb
29 October 2020 Notice QCA—Notice for further submissions and stakeholder forums pdf, 167.48 Kb
26 August 2020 Notice QCA—Notice for submissions on draft decision and expiry of assessment timeframe pdf, 177.04 Kb
29 April 2020 Notice QCA—Notice for collaborative submissions pdf, 199.96 Kb
24 February 2020 Notice QCA—Notice for submissions on interim draft decision pdf, 539.49 Kb
25 October 2019 Notice QCA—Notice for further submissions pdf, 675.20 Kb
23 August 2019 Notice QCA—Staff questions for stakeholders pdf, 591.67 Kb
05 July 2019 Notice QCA—Notice of investigation and time periods pdf, 561.59 Kb
11 June 2019 Other documents QCA—Statement of Regulatory Intent (DBCT Management’s 2019 DAU) pdf, 807.18 Kb
12 October 2017 Notice QCA—Letter re DBCT initial undertaking notice pdf, 548.57 Kb
12 October 2017 Notice QCA—DBCT initial undertaking notice pdf, 315.96 Kb