Legislative and regulatory instruments
The following legislation and regulations apply to all Network Operators in NSW:
Electricity Supply (General) Regulation 2014
Electricity Supply (Safety and Network Management) Regulation 2014
Licence conditions
In addition to the legislative and regulatory requirements above, some Network Operators are required by their licences to comply with further conditions. The licence for each of the licenced Network Operators can be viewed on our webpage.
The licenced network operators have the ultimate responsibility to comply with their licence conditions. IPART also holds them accountable on behalf of the community through risk-based compliance and enforcement including our Reporting and Auditing frameworks.
IPART mas impose monetary and non-monetary penalties and take other actions it considers appropriate against licensees for contravention of licence conditions in accordance with our Compliance and Enforcement Policy.
IPART also recommends to the Minister the Licence fees to recover the costs of licence
administration to the NSW Government.
Distribution districts
Compliance with codes
The Authorised Network Operators (Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, and Transgrid) are required by their licences to comply with Code of Practice for Authorised Network Operators which relates to environmental impact assessments and compliance. Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy and Essential Energy are also required by their licence to comply with the Public Lighting Code.
Critical infrastructure conditions
Transgrid, Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, Essential Energy and ACEREZ licences each contain critical infrastructure conditions. These conditions require the Network Operators to establish protections to support supply security and sovereignty, including cyber security.
Reliability standards for distribution and transmission networks
Ausgrid, Endeavour Energy, Essential Energy and Transgrid are subject to reliability standards which are specified in their respective licences. Each network reports quarterly to IPART on their reliability and their compliance is subject to annual audits.