Energy Networks Safety, Reliability and Compliance

IPART monitors compliance with safety and reliability obligations placed on electricity network operators in NSW. We also monitor compliance with licence conditions for gas and electricity networks. For some electricity networks this includes critical infrastructure security and environmental obligations.

Our 2023-26 Energy Networks Regulation Compliance Priorities

One of our strategic priorities is regulatory excellence. In pursuit of this, we have published our 2023-24 Compliance Priorities. We have also included our draft priorities for the following two years, giving a three-year outlook. We aim to review these draft priorities annually and finalise in advance of the following year (maintaining a rolling 3-year horizon).

We publish our anticipated compliance and enforcement priorities to draw attention to those areas that we see as the greatest risks. As a risk-based regulator, we expect to allocate compliance and enforcement resources towards these areas as a priority. However, we continue to also regulate other areas actively and react to events as they occur. For example, while not a nominated priority, we are monitoring the changing nature of networks driven by the transition to more renewable energy.

	Bush fire risk mitigation Field inspections Bush fire risk continues to present the greatest consequence for harm to the people of NSW
	Critical Infrastructure Licence condition compliance Critical infrastructure conditions aim to address cyber security risk and overseas threats to electricity infrastructure
	Climate change adaptation Climate change is driving long term changes to the risks faced by networks
	Public lighting Licence condition compliance Public lighting is provided by the licensed distributors on behalf of the road authorities and mitigates public safety risks on our roads.