Current consultations

Proposed amendments to Water Industry Standards We are proposing to update our urban and rural Water Industry Standards to strengthen our reporting framework. The proposed amendments include:

• introducing a new obligation on water businesses to report to us in a timely manner when they identify an actual or potential non-compliance in relation to the Water Industry Standards.  
• amending

Read our draft decision On 22 November 2023 we released our draft decision on the minimum feed-in tariffs. to apply from 1 July 2024. We are currently seeking feedback on the methodology used in our draft decision. 22 November 2023 Draft Decision Paper - Minimum feed-

We are reviewing the prices to apply for Goulburn-Murray Water customers from 1 July 2024. Goulburn-Murray Water submitted its proposed prices on 29 September 2023. We provided guidance for its price submission in September 2022 and the business has been engaging with customers in the months since.  The proposal will be assessed against a legal framework established by the Victorian Government and set out in the Water Industry Regulatory Order, and the

We are reviewing submissions from Goulburn-Murray Water and Greater Western Water on their proposed prices and key service outcomes to apply from 1 July 2024. The two water businesses submitted their proposals on 29 September 2023. The proposals will be assessed against a legal framework established by the Victorian Government and set out in the Water Industry Regulatory Order, and the commission’s PREMO pricing framework. PREMO includes incentives for

We are reviewing the prices to apply for Greater Western Water customers from 1 July 2024. Greater Western Water submitted its proposed prices on 29 September 2023. We provided guidance for its price submission in September 2022 and the business has been engaging with customers in the months since. The proposal will be assessed against a legal framework established by the Victorian Government and set out in the Water Industry Regulatory Order, and the

We are reviewing the maximum unbooked taxi fares that begin in the metro and urban zones, which covers most of Melbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and the Mornington Peninsula. We are also reviewing the current maximum non-cash payment surcharges for taxi services in Victoria. The surcharge applies when a taxi passenger pays for a fare using non-cash payment transaction options, such as credit and debit cards or Cabcharge. We

Remaking the Gas Distribution System Code of Practice The purpose of this review is to remake the Gas Distribution System Code of Practice to:

• allow effective compliance monitoring and enforcement
• align the code with the national regulatory framework and remove duplication and inconsistencies, and
• update the code to account for regulatory developments and the Victorian

We are responsible for setting and annually reviewing the Victorian Default Offer prices. The default offer is designed to be a simple, trusted and reasonably priced electricity option that safeguards customers that are unwilling or unable to engage in the market. We have commenced our consultation on the Victorian Default Offer prices to apply from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. Our request for comment paper proposes to keep our approach to setting the