The Clean Energy Regulator administers Australian Government schemes for reporting and reducing Australia’s carbon emissions. The priorities describe the regulator's compliance and enforcement focus for the year ahead 2025–2026. They highlight areas of actual and potential risk to the integrity of the schemes. A strong compliance and enforcement framework is fundamental to maintaining the integrity of Australia’s emission reduction schemes and accelerating carbon abatement.

Priorities

• Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) project applications must be complete, accurate and on time.
• ACCU project notifications must be timely.
• Nature Repair Market scheme participants must understand the scheme rules and method requirements, and applications must be accurate and complete.
• All Safeguard Mechanism facilities’ net emissions must be at or below baselines by 31 March.
• All National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme reports must be complete, accurate and on time.
• Installers and retailers must provide true and correct written statements for small-scale technology certificate (STC) claims.
• Battery installed as part of a Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) eligible system must be compliant.
• Auditors must meet their obligations.