Our Goulburn-Murray Water Price Review 2016: Final Decision also covers tariff structures and service standards.This completed our review of the maximum prices that Goulburn-Murray Water may charge for irrigation and drainage, bulk storage, diversion services and miscellaneous services.
We reviewed Goulburn-Murray Water’s price proposal under the Water Charge (Infrastructure) Rules. We applied to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
We released a final decision regarding Melbourne Water's pricing proposal for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2021.
Our release of Melbourne Water Price Review 2016: Final Decision completes our review of the maximum prices that Melbourne Water may charge for its services for this fourth regulatory period.
Melbourne Water is the wholesaler of water, sewage treatment and recycled water for Melbourne. It also has responsibilities for waterway health and storm water
Coliban Water submitted their pricing proposal for rural prices from 1 July 2014.
We assessed the proposal and released our Coliban Water Rural Price Review: Final Decision.
We then released our Melbourne Water Patterson Lakes Special Drainage Area Price Review 2014-15 to 2015: Final Decision.
Examples of uncertain and unforeseen events that could justify an application under this mechanism include:
- significant changes in the timing or costs associated with major capital (or other) projects
- significant differences between actual and forecast demand levels
- changes in legislative and other government-imposed obligations, including the introduction of a national emissions trading scheme
- catastrophic events such as fire, earthquake
‘I love the philosophy behind permaculture. You work with nature, instead of against it. I've done a permaculture design for my place that I'm slowly implementing. The dream is to create a little food forest that we can wander through barefoot and forage for dinner.
'At the moment, I'm trying to get some perennials established. I just got an elderflower shrub that I'm very excited about. I'm using it as a hedge, but I also want to have a go at making some cordial from the flowers, which should go
Addressing family violence is an extraordinarily complex challenge that requires the combined efforts of government, regulatory and family violence support services. Our work in this area has focused on engaging key industries in the process and developing effective, practical ways for regulated businesses to support customers experiencing family violence.
Every two years, we are required to report on the outcomes of rate capping in Victoria. We identify any impacts or trends that might be emerging across the local government sector.
You can use this page to download information related to your council and view our over-arching report.
This is our first outcomes report
We have completed the first of these reports since the introduction of rate capping in the 2016-17 financial year.
The outcomes report aims
The Essential Services Commission releases annual performance reporting about our work as regulator and administrator of the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program, to ensure we meet our statutory obligations. For the 2023 calendar year, our annual VEU performance reporting has been incorporated as an appendix in our 2023–24 annual report. You can find the annual report on our website here.Other information that has previously been included in annual performance reporting is
Our submissions policy
1 September 2020
Public Submissions Policy
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Stakeholder engagement framework
Our stakeholder engagement framework - incorporating the charter of
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The state’s energy regulator is working with family violence specialists and the energy industry to put in place safeguards for energy customers who are dealing with family violence.
In a paper released today, the commission outlines how energy retailers can improve their processes to provide safe and effective support to customers and staff experiencing family violence.
Essential Services Commission chair Ron Ben-David says energy sector workers deal directly with people experiencing
Our findings will help us understand and assess higher cap applications that cite growth as a key reason for needing additional revenue above the minister’s cap.
We conducted this review in response to an independent review of our first year implementation of the Fair Go Rates system in 2016, which recommended a review into any special financial issues associated with growth area councils.
Feedback on the study
To view submissions, visit Arup’s Growth Study Report.
We released decisions on higher cap applications for the 2016-17 financial year.
We asked Mr Peter Brown (former CEO of Moreland City Council) to undertake an independent review of our process and approach for assessing higher cap applications for 2016-17 year (as outlined in the review's terms of reference).
The findings from the review embody the independent judgements of its author and will help us plan and prepare for future higher cap applications from
From 2010 to 2018, we reported on the adequacy and validity of the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority’s (VMIA) domestic building insurance premiums.
This insurance is taken out by builders on behalf of home owners. It is insurance to provide compensation to home owners for losses resulting from non-completion or defects in domestic building work where the builder cannot be pursued directly because they have died, disappeared, or become insolvent.
In Victoria,
The review was conducted in the context of the legislative, regulatory, and ownership arrangements that applied at the time. It did not consider the future potential ownership arrangements of the Port of Melbourne.
The review covers only those port services that are prescribed by the Port Management Act 1995.
Current and past Statement of Regulatory Approach are available in the Resources tab.The Statement provides guidance to the Port of Melbourne about how it can achieve compliance with pricing order and the commission's interpretation of key clauses within the order.
The information collected under the code allows us to monitor the financial performance of each water business during the regulatory period. It also gives us a basis for assessing expenditure and revenue forecasts, which we use to approve water, sewerage and related services in our water price reviews.
We have included a reporting template that water businesses can use when they prepare their financial performance submissions.
The code sets out
View maximum fares for taxis that are hailed on the street or caught from a rank within the ‘metropolitan’ and ‘urban and large regional’ zones in Victoria. Commercial Passenger Vehicle Victoria's map descriptions of Victoria’s taxi zones explain the zones boundaries. We review maximum taxi fares every two years.
In some cases, passengers paying for commercial passenger vehicle services electronically may involve a non-cash payment
Rail access arrangements
View rail access arrangements we have approved under the Victorian rail access regime