On 13 September 2023, His Honour Justice Derrington of the Federal Court ordered civil penalties totalling $240,000 against E Connect Solar & Electrical Pty Ltd (in liquidation) and 2 individuals - a current and former director.
An investigation conducted by the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has resulted in the conviction of Mr Aaron Ware, Director of Pedley’s Electrical Services Pty Ltd. Between October 2018 and January 2020, Mr Ware received a financial benefit by falsely claiming to have installed or supervised 13 solar photovoltaic (PV) systems when in fact, he was overseas.
The Climate Change Authority (the Authority) is currently reviewing the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER Act).
The Authority is surveying the public on the key themes in this year's NGER review and wants to hear from you. The key themes are:
The Compliance update for 1 April to 30 June 2023 is now available. It provides information on activities related to our compliance and enforcement priorities.
This update includes:
On 7 May 2020, the Clean Energy Regulator (the CER) accepted an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) offered by Trina Solar (Australia) Pty Ltd (Trina Solar).
The reformed Safeguard Mechanism commenced on 1 July 2023 and applies to Safeguard facilities from the 2023-24 financial year onwards. The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has updated the Safeguard Mechanism section of our website to reflect these changes. These updates include:
The Emissions and Energy Reporting System (EERS) is open for the 2022–23 reporting year, and can be accessed via the Client Portal.
Amendments have been made to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme legislation. These amendments:
The Climate Change Authority (the Authority) has released its first consultation paper of the year: an Issues Paper titled ‘Setting, Tracking and Achieving Australia’s Emission Reduction Targets’.
The Clean Energy Regulator's (CER) Quarterly Carbon Market Report (QCMR) for Quarter 1 (Q1) 2023 has been released. The QCMR shows that everyday Australians are increasingly taking greater control of their energy costs.
CER Chair David Parker said the report shows installation of energy efficient water heaters continue record growth up more than 40% from the same quarter last year. It will be interesting to see whether that level of increase is maintained throughout the year.