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Media release - Victorian energy retailers surrender over 6.5 million certificates to meet 2024 energy efficiency obligations
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4 December 2025Iberdrola Australia Energy Markets Pty Ltd (Iberdrola) has paid $3.4 million in penalties for
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Assurance audit schedule
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28 June 2024
Frequently asked questions - assurance audits
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25 July 2024
Victorian Energy Efficiency Guidelines
Refer to Section 15 of these guidelines for information about annual energy acquisition statement audits and Section 16 of the guidelines for information about compliance and assurance audits
Revised Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program fees will apply from 1 January 2026. Fees for 2026 and 2027 were set following a review and consultation process by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. The revised fee structure enables the commission to effectively exercise its functions and provide oversight of the program.
2025 program updates
16 December 2025
Revised VEU program fees from 1 January 2026
Revised Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program fees for 2026 and 2027 will take effect from 1 January 2026
19 December 2024: On 10 December 2024 the commission published the following pages associated with the Water Performance Report 2023-24:
- Water performance reports
- Water performance dashboard
- Media release: Annual water performance report details more support for customers facing financial hardship.
Before 31 December each year, the Minister for Local Government sets the local council rate cap for the next financial year. The rate cap limits the maximum amount a council can increase general rates and municipal charges. The minister can set a cap that applies to all councils, a group of councils or a single council.If the rate cap does not meet a council’s needs, the council can submit a higher cap application for up to four years of higher caps at a time.We
The Victorian Government asked us to provide advice on how to address issues of competition, system-level resilience, service quality and greater transparency in the waste and resource recovery sector.
In October 2019, we provided initial confidential high-level options for the design of a regulatory regime for the waste and recycling sector to address issues of competition, service quality and transparency.
In response, the government has asked us to provide further
June 2022 Ministerial statement of expectations
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2020-22 statement of expectations
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The state’s independent economic regulator has welcomed the announcement of a new head with acting chair Kate Symons taking over as full-time commissioner and chair.
Chief executive John Hamill says the announcement by Assistant Treasurer Robin Scott, the minister responsible for the commission, is a strong vote of confidence in the organisation.
“Kate has made an important contribution to the commission’s development over the past three years as we have grown in size and responsibilities.
As part of our Electricity Distribution Code review 2019, we have reviewed the technical standards within the Electricity Distribution Code.
The technical standards of the code are reflective of an era when there was limited ways for customers to interact with the electricity network.
New energy technology such as solar generators and batteries are now making available choices for customers and how they could interact with the electricity network.
Our code review
3 May 2019
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We have updated the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) Obligations and Program Guide for Accredited Persons to reflect that accredited persons (APs) must ensure that installers are equipped with safe