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 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
AGL have advised us of potential inaccuracies in performance data they submitted for our Victorian Energy Market Report. We are examining the implications of AGL’s failure to provide timely and accurate data, including how it may have affected previous reporting periods.
We have introduced a suit of reforms, including three new customer entitlements that will oblige electricity and gas retailers to help customers find their best deal, in response to the independent review into the retail electricity and gas markets in Victoria.
We have released a discussion paper to guide energy retailers on how to improve processes to provide safe and effective support to customers and staff experiencing family violence.
The minimum tariff for households and businesses who feed power back into the electricity grid from small renewable energy sources (like solar panels) is 11.3 cents per kilowatt hour.
Current consultations
We have released a discussion paper to guide energy retailers on how to improve processes to provide safe and effective support to customers and staff experiencing family violence. Send us your feedback on the paper by 7 December 2018.