Overview
The Clean Energy Regulator is seeking feedback on the cost recovery approach for the GO scheme, outlined in the draft Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) attached to this consultation. Your feedback will help inform the cost recovery approach for the GO scheme ahead of scheme launch in the second half of 2025.
The Guarantee of Origin (GO) is an internationally aligned assurance scheme that will track and verify emissions associated with renewable electricity and products made in Australia. The scheme will start with hydrogen and renewable electricity and will expand over time to certify other products including metals and low carbon fuels.
The scheme will include Product Guarantee of Origin (PGO) certificates and Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificates. An initial set of products are intended to be covered by a GO scheme methodology within the first year of the scheme and as such, proposed fees and levies for each are outlined in the draft CRIS. The proposed schedule for the near-term expansion of the GO scheme is available in Annex 1 of the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Methodology Determination 2025 – Explanatory Document.
Proposed fees and levies for future products will be consulted on as part of the annual CRIS review process.
REGO facility types eligible to participate in the GO scheme:
Accredited power stations
Energy storage systems
Aggregated systems
Renewable electricity generation facilities other than accredited power stations
The PGO methods anticipated to be available within the first year of the scheme include:
Hydrogen by electrolysis
Hydrogen by steam methane reforming
Hydrogen by liquefaction
Iron ore
Aluminium
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by hydro-processed esters and fatty acids (HEFA)
Renewable diesel hydrotreating
Biomethane production from wastewater sludge
The GO scheme will be cost recovered. Cost recovery involves the Australian Government charging the non-government sector some or all of the efficient costs of a specific government activity. Cost recovery aims to distribute costs for government services equitably, where the recipients of a government activity, rather than the general public bear its costs.
Fees and annual levies will be introduced for REGO and PGO scheme activities. The proposed GO fees and levies are detailed in the draft CRIS by product and methodology.
REGO fees and levies are proposed to be phased in, with fees initially aligned with RET pricing to support transition to the REGO scheme. PGO fees and levies will also be phased in over 2025-2030 as outlined in the draft CRIS, to support the development of nascent low-emissions industries.
The cost recovery approach for GO, including fees and levies, will be subject to periodic review and adjustment.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is leading policy development for the GO scheme. CER will administer the scheme and are responsible for implementing cost recovery for GO aligned with Australian Government policy. This consultation is led by the Clean Energy Regulator.
To have your say:
read the draft GO Cost Recovery Implementation Statement
take our survey now
submit your feedback by 11.59pm, Friday 18 July 2025.
