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Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales

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Field	Value
agency_name	Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales
type	Tribunal
formed	1992
jurisdiction	New South Wales
headquarters	Sydney
employees	200
budget	37 million
minister1_pfo	Premier of New South Wales
chief1_name	Carmel Donnelly
chief1_position	Chairman
chief2_name	Jonathan Coppel
chief2_position	Member
chief3_name	Sharon Henrick
chief3_position	Member
chief4_name	Dr Darryl Biggar
chief4_position	Member
agency_type	Regulatory and pricing tribunal
keydocument1	Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992
keydocument2	Gas Supply Act 1996
keydocument3	Electricity Supply Act 1995
keydocument4	National Electricity (NSW) Law 1997
keydocument5	Transport Administration Act 1996
parent_agency	Department of Premier and Cabinet
website

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales (IPART) is an independent regulatory and pricing tribunal that oversees regulation in water, gas, electricity and transport industries in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was established in 1992 by Government of New South Wales to regulate the maximum prices for monopoly services by government utilities and other monopoly businesses, such as public transport.

IPART's organisational arm or Secretariat is managed by its chief executive officer. It has about 140 staff members and an annual budget of 25 million. Carmel Donnelly PSM is its current chairperson. IPART reports to the Premier of New South Wales.

IPART's role is defined by several state legislative acts, including the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992, the Gas Supply Act 1996, the Electricity Supply Act 1995, the National Electricity (NSW) Law 1997, and the Transport Administration Act 1996.

Functions

IPART's core functions are conferred by legislation, rules and access regimes established by legislation. They are:

Set maximum prices for monopoly services provided by government agencies in NSW (including water and public transport).
Administer licensing or authorisation of water, electricity and gas businesses, and monitor compliance with licence conditions.
Advise the NSW Government or its agencies on issues such as pricing, efficiency, industry structure and competition.
Regulate maximum electricity and gas prices that regulated energy retailers can charge to residential and small business customers.
Regulate private sector access to water and waste water to encourage competition and re-use.
Maintain a local government cost index, determine the maximum percentage increase in local government general revenue (rate peg), determine special rate variations and review Council development contributions plans.
Review the regulatory burden in priority industries to reduce red tape.
Administer the Energy Savings Scheme and associated Register of energy savings certificates.
Register agreements for access to public infrastructure assets and arbitrate disputes about agreements for access to public infrastructure.
Investigate complaints about competitive neutrality referred to us by the Government.

IPART also conducts reviews and investigations to advise the NSW government and its agencies on a range of economic and policy issues, such as pricing, efficiency, industry structure and competition.

Membership

Tribunal Members

The Tribunal comprises three permanent members: a part-time chairman and two part-time tribunal members. Tribunal members are appointed by the premier. The premier can also appoint any number of additional temporary members. As of May 2025, the Tribunal members are:

Name	Title	Term began	Term length
Carmel Donnelly PSM	Chairman	1 July 2021	5 years
Jonathan Coppel	Member		5 years
Sharon Henrick	Member	1 July 2024	3 years
Dr Darryl Biggar	temporary Member	1 July 2024	2 years

Notable former members

Name	Title	Term began	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Tom Parry	Inaugural Chairman			years

References

"Our Role".
"Our role". Government of New South Wales.
"Media Release - IPART welcomes new Tribunal member Jonathan Coppel - 15 November 2023".
"Media Release - IPART welcomes new Tribunal members".
"Media Release - IPART welcomes new Tribunal members".

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