Our role

IPART helps NSW residents get safe and reliable services at a fair price. We are:

• the independent pricing regulator for water, energy, public transport and local government
• the licence administrator of water, electricity and gas
• the scheme administrator and regulator of the Energy Savings Scheme.

Our reviews

We conduct reviews across our main focus areas of:

• Energy
• Water
• Local government
• Transport 

We also conduct reviews of other industries and topics when the NSW government asks us to.

We’re independent

Although we’re a NSW government agency, we operate independently of the government. When making decisions and recommendations, we focus on:

• protecting consumers from unreasonable price increases
• improving providers’ efficiency and service quality
• encouraging competition
• protecting the environment
• ensuring that regulated service providers remain financially viable.