IPART has finalised our review of the critical infrastructure licence conditions within the licences of ACEREZ, Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, Essential Energy and Transgrid (network operators). These conditions are contained within the licences in force under the Electricity Supply Act 1995.
IPART is responsible for making recommendations to the Minister with respect to licences or licence conditions.
We reviewed the licence conditions to ensure licence conditions are in the public interest and reflect public expectations, best practice and the network operators’ circumstances. The recommended critical infrastructure licence conditions maintain existing protections to support supply security and sovereignty, including cyber security.
We also recommend changes to the critical infrastructure conditions to improve clarity, removal of some regulatory duplication, and facilitate more efficient compliance with the licence conditions.
We have considered all stakeholder input received during consultation on our draft package.
We provided our final report to the Minister in 2025 outlining our final recommendations, including the recommended licences