General requirements for all licence amendment applications
| (1) | A licensee or an affected party may apply to the Energy Regulator for an amendment of a licence. |
| (2) | An application for an amendment of a licence must be made in writing Form E and must contain all information specified therein. |
| (3) | An applicant may, in accordance with Rule 4 of these Rules, request confidential treatment of information submitted by it as part of an application for an amendment of a licence. |
| (4) | Where the applicant is a person other than the licensee — |
| (a) | the Energy Regulator must provide the licensee with the non-confidential version of the application for an amendment of its licence; and |
| (b) | the licensee must provide the Energy Regulator with a written response to the application for an amendment to its licence within 30 days from receipt of information regarding the application for an amendment to its licence. |
| (5) | Where the amendment of a licence is at the instance of the Energy Regulator, the procedure outlined in either rule 14 or 15 of these Rules will, depending on the circumstances of each case, be followed. |
Additional requirements for tariff applications
| (6) | All tariff applications must be submitted at least 6 months prior to the date on which the tariff to be approved or set is to take effect. |
| (7) | In addition to the information specified in Form E as contemplated in subrule (2) above, the following information must be submitted with all tariff applications: |
| (a) | electronic models containing all calculations; |
| (b) | for pipeline tariffs, all information required in terms of the Energy Regulator's Tariff Methodology for the Petroleum Pipelines Industry to enable the Energy Regulator to set the tariffs for the pipeline; |
| (c) | for tariffs for storage facilities and loading facilities: |
| (i) | proposed tariffs and details regarding the methodology used to determine such tariffs which methodology must comply with the Regulations made in terms of the Act; and |
| (ii) | all information necessary to enable the Energy Regulator to apply the Energy Regulator's tariff methodology; |
| (8) | Any other additional information requested by the Energy Regulator. |
