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 Clean Energy Regulator is changing the name of our Client Portal Beta to Online Services. The functionality within the portal is the same, but we’ve updated the look to align with our new brand.
This includes our sign up, login, and reset password pages.
This rebrand is an initial step that will lead to future improvements, including merging individual systems together.
For now, you’ll still use Client Portal to complete most tasks, like:
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.
The Clean Energy Regulator's (CER) Quarterly Carbon Market Report (QCMR) for Quarter 1 (Q1) 2023 has been released and covers landmark reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism.
The reforms will reduce emissions from Australia’s largest emitting facilities by a total of 201 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents by 2030.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is holding public consultation on proposed updates to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme.
Proposed amendments include:
The Clean Energy Regulator has released Safeguard Mechanism data for the 2021-22 reporting period.
In 2021-22, 219 Safeguard facilities reported a total of 137.5 million tonnes of covered CO2-e scope 1 emissions.
The Clean Energy Regulator's Quarterly Carbon Market Report (QCMR) for Quarter 4 (Q4) 2022 shows promising signs of Australia's action to reduce emissions.
The report shows a surge in large scale renewable energy investment, a recovery in rooftop solar installations and confidence in the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) market.