19 August 2022
Update on assessment of pending certificate claims for refrigerated cabinet installations
We are continuing our assessment of pending certificate claims for refrigerated cabinet installations to review whether they comply with the program rules.
Our review initially focused on certificate claims that have a lower per premise certificate total. We have now processed over 80 per cent of these non-duplicate lower risk certificate claims. The remainder certificate claim assessments
The Essential Services Commission has initiated the ‘retailer of last resort’ process that will automatically transfer customers from failed retailer Elysian Energy Pty Ltd (Elysian) to other retailers in Victoria to provide for the continued supply and sale of electricity services.
Licence granted
AGL Sales (Queensland) Pty Ltd was granted a gas retail licence on 15 November 2006 (with effect from 1 December 2006). The licence can be accessed via the resources tab.
Licence varied
This licence was last varied on 22 June 2022 (with effect from 12 September 2022).
The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on South East Water’s proposed five-year pricing plan for consultation, before a final decision is issued in June.
The commission’s director of pricing Marcus Crudden says, under the proposed plan, South East Water will improve many of its service targets and deliver real price reductions (before inflation) from 1 July 2023.
The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on East Gippsland Water’s proposed five-year pricing plan for consultation, before a final decision is issued in June.
Under East Gippsland Water’s proposed plan, a typical annual household water and sewerage bill would increase 0.3 per cent each year from 1 July 2023, from around $1,238 in 2022-23 to $1,256 in 2027-28, before inflation.
The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on Lower Murray Water’s proposed five-year pricing plan for consultation, ahead of a final decision to be issued in June.
Under the business’s proposed plan, over the five years to 2028, customer prices will fall for most rural districts, with falls of around 6.4 per cent for the Mildura High Pressure district and 5.4 per cent for the Robinvale district.
We have completed the consultation process and as a result we have developed activity guidance and record-keeping requirements for the revised Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) water heating and space heating and cooling activities which came into effect on 31 May 2023.
The revised activities can be found in the following papers released by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) in December 2022:
- Victorian Energy Upgrades: Water Heating –
The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on Southern Rural Water’s proposed five-year pricing plan for consultation, ahead of a final decision to be issued in June.
The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on Goulburn Valley Water’s proposed five-year pricing plan for consultation, ahead of a final decision to be issued in June.
The Essential Services Commission has released its draft decision on Coliban Water’s proposed five-year pricing plan for consultation, ahead of a final decision to be issued in June.
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20 April 2023
Media release: Five energy retailers pay a combined $1 million in penalties after allegedly failing to meet energy efficiency liabilities
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Victorian Energy
Penalty notices
10 March 2023
AusNet Services penalty notices 2023 (provide notice of planned interruption) - clause 5.5.1(a)
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10 March 2023
AusNet Services
… activity are listed below. changes to water heating and space heating and cooling activities water heating activity (activities 1 and 3) changes from 31 may 2023 new greenhouse gas (ghg) reduction calculations and product efficiency requirements for electric boosted solar water heaters and heat pump water heaters to be tested and modelled to as/nzs 4234:2021. introduction of new activities (activities 3c and 3d) that incentivise the replacement of inefficient gas water heaters with
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Support is available to help you manage and pay your energy bills.
Victoria has one of the most comprehensive sets of energy consumer protections and assistance programs in Australia.These include protections for residential and small business customers when it comes to energy retail price
… for these activities (updated) water heating and space heating cooling product application guide which provides information on applying for product approval for these activities (updated) water heating veec assignment form template: replacing electric resistance water heating (activities 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d and 1f) – residential premises (updated) veec assignment form template: replacing electric resistance water heating (activities 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d and 1f) – business and non-
A report on Victoria's council rate capping system has found ratepayers on the whole are benefitting while councils emerged from the coronavirus pandemic in sound financial health.
In August 2024, we completed our review of the maximum fares for unbooked taxi trips that begin in either the Melbourne Metropolitan Zone or the Urban and Large Regional Zone, which covers most of Melbourne, Dandenong, Frankston, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and the Mornington Peninsula.We also reviewed the maximum non-cash payment surcharges for taxi services in Victoria. The surcharge may apply when a taxi passenger pays for a fare using non-cash payment transaction options
On 30 October 2023, Ferguson Wind Farm Pty Ltd (ACN 608 631 321) applied for a licence to generate electricity for supply or sale, and to sell electricity under section 18 of the Electricity Industry Act 2000 (Vic).
Consultation on the licence application closed on 27 November 2023. We did not receive any submissions.
We granted the licence on 13 February 2024.
On 26 October 2023, Ryan Corner Development Pty Ltd (ACN 130 542 915) applied for a licence to generate electricity for supply or sale and to sell electricity under section 18 of the Electricity Industry Act 2000.
Submissions closed 5pm Wednesday 23 November 2023. We did not receive any submissions.
We granted the licence on 15 December 2023.
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Victorian Energy Upgrades program fees
Victorian Energy Upgrades fee structure effective 1 November 2023
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To hold, transfer and surrender Victorian energy efficiency certificates (VEECs) you must have a VEET