The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has published its Compliance and Enforcement Priorities for 2023–2024. These priorities set out where the CER will be focusing compliance and enforcement activities for the year ahead.
Participants are responsible for complying with all scheme requirements. Focus areas are:
- Safeguard Mechanism entities under-reporting emissions
- accuracy and completeness of information provided in the ACCU Scheme (formerly the Emissions Reduction Fund)
- verification of energy and emissions data to combat greenwashing
- written statements for Small-scale technology certificates (STC) claims are not false or misleading
- liable entities in Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) with outstanding shortfall debts
- accuracy of climate-related commitments and context statements in Corporate Emissions Reduction Transparency (CERT) reports, and
- non-compliant or poorly performing auditors.
The CER administers schemes in line with the following compliance and enforcement principles:
- The obligation to comply with legislative requirements governing the schemes rests with those participating in them.
- When the CER detects non-compliance, we respond with enforcement that is both proportionate and takes into account the impact of the non-compliance on scheme objectives.
- In dealing with non-compliance, the CER will draw from our full suite of compliance and enforcement powers, in line with our Compliance policy for education, monitoring and enforcement activities.
The CER is committed to administering the schemes in a transparent and accountable manner.
For more information, please visit Compliance and enforcement priorities, email enquiries@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au or call 1300 553 542.