| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2 April 2012 |
| Type | Statutory Authority |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Headquarters | Canberra |
| Annual budget | Clean Energy Regulator Budget information is located here |
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| Parent department | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
| Website | www |
The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) is an Australian independent statutory authority responsible for implementing legislation to reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of clean energy. It was established on 2 April 2012[1] through the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011[2] and is part of the Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio. It is headquartered in Canberra.
The CER is responsible for administering schemes to report on and manage greenhouse gas emissions, including monitoring and enforcing compliance. These include Australia's carbon offsets and credits schemes.
In the 2020s, the body faced allegations that its carbon offsets were of poor integrity, and that it had not addressed governance problems such as conflicts of interest.