IPART’s role
We hold electricity networks accountable through required reporting and auditing. Our role covers:
- safety and reliability
- licence conditions (including critical infrastructure and environmental obligations)
- licence Condition 1(c) (Distribution Districts).
You may also be interested in the relevant licence conditions and regulatory instruments.
Compliance monitoring
Find out more about out compliance role across:
- Electricity Networks Reporting — View our reporting manual for electricity network operators, fact sheets and our annual compliance reports to the Minister.
- Electricity Networks Auditing — View our audit guidelines and information for auditors who want to join the audit services panel.
- Ensuring compliance — View our policies and procedures for enforcing compliance.
Safety alerts
We publish information about serious electricity works accidents in the interests of public information and safety (section 63V of the NSW Electricity Supply Act 1995).
Annual reports to the Minister
We report to the Minister by 31 October each year on electricity network operators’ licence compliance. The annual compliance reports are publicly released after being tabled in Parliament.