The Safeguard Mechanism applies to all facilities that emit more than 100,000 tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) of covered emissions in a financial year (the reporting year).

Under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme, all emissions and energy data for facilities, including covered emissions data for safeguard facilities, must be reported to us by 31 October each year. 

If a facility’s emissions exceed its baseline, it must manage any excess emissions by the compliance deadline:

  • For the 2016–17 to 2022–23 reporting periods, the deadline was 1 March.
  • For the 2023–24 reporting period, onwards, the deadline is 1 April.

Publishing requirements

We're required to publish information about all safeguard facilities for each reporting year. Current requirements include:

  • the baseline emissions number in force for that year
  • total reported and net emissions
  • the responsible emitters for each facility
  • any Australian carbon credit units surrendered.

Under the Safeguard Mechanism, we're also required to publish emissions for grid-connected electricity generator facilities.

2022–23 reporting year summary

The table below is the reporting year summary for 2022–23. 

We take all reasonable efforts to ensure the information published on our website is accurate at the time of publication.

DescriptionTotal
Facilities covered under the Safeguard Mechanism219
 
Combined covered emissions (million tonnes CO2-e)138.7
 
Multi-year monitoring periods in place25
 
ACCUs surrendered (total)1,218,000

Safeguard facilities data 2022–23

Publication notes

We've included some notes to consider for the published information.