We licence a range of Victorian gas and electricity businesses. We also publish codes and guidelines that regulated businesses must follow, and conduct reviews and inquiries that promote the long-term interests of electricity and gas consumers.
Electricity and gas
View licences for electricity and gas distributors, retailers and transmission services, and Victorian electricity generators. You can also view information on who is exempt from electricity licensing and how to apply for an exemption.
View our decisions on electricity prices prices and tariffs, and gas benchmarks.
We regulate through a combination of legislation, licences, and codes and guidelines.
Access resources that impose certain obligations on Victorian electricity and gas businesses.
Read the resources we produce on electricity and gas performance and reporting.
View electricity and gas inquiries, studies and reviews that promote the long-term interests of consumers.
Learn about your rights as an electricity and gas consumer.
Featured work
We have commenced our consultation on the Victorian Default Offer prices that electricity retailers may charge domestic and small business customers for the period commencing 1 January 2021.
We are proposing targeted reforms to support residential and small business customers in managing their energy bills through the pandemic.
New rates for the minimum feed-in tariff apply from 1 July. Retailers can still offer solar system owners a single rate feed-in tariff, a time-varying feed-in tariff or both.
We have made changes to ensure electricity and gas contracts are clear and fair, in response to recommendations made by the independent bipartisan review of electricity and gas retail markets in 2018.
Current consultations
We have released a consultation paper on the Victorian Default Offer prices that electricity retailers may charge domestic and small business customers for the period commencing 1 January 2021. Submissions close on 21 July 2020.
We are proposing targeted reforms to support residential and small business customers in managing their energy bills through the pandemic. Have your say by 14 July 2020.
We're working to ensure new property developments receive electricity connections within certain time frames. We have released an issues paper and are seeking feedback until 7 August 2020.