IPART's role in regulating the electricity market in NSW includes the following:

• Regulating the prices charged by the Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs)
• Regulating the default (or 'safety net') prices that retail suppliers charge small customers who have not entered into contracts for the supply of their electricity
• Administering the DNSPs' and retail suppliers' operating licences
• Approving the procedures for metering and recording the amount of electricity used in NSW.

Also see

Scope of regulatory arrangements
Embedded Generation URF Working Group
Regulated Retail Tariffs
Network Tariffs
2004 Electricity Network Determination
Demand Management
Public Lighting Review
Further Matters
Retail contestability
Review of undergrounding of electricity cables in NSW
Service Standards
Performance Reporting and Operating Data

Definitions

Retail Pricing: these are pricing issues associated with the retail electricity bills that customers receive. Retail bills have a number of components including network charges, electricity generation costs and costs associated with metering, billing, and administration.

Network Pricing: these are pricing issues associated with the provision of electricity network services including the infrastructure used to deliver electricity to customers. Network charges are one component of the retail bill paid by customers.

Metrology: these are issues associated with electricity metering, the reading of customer's meters.