VEU product applicants

All products to be installed under the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program need to be listed in the VEU Register of Products by the time Victorian energy efficiency certificates (VEECs) are created.

This usually involves a product application and approval process. The exceptions to this are certain Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) listed products, approved products for public lighting upgrade activity (AEMO), gas efficiency products and induction cooktop products.

Get a product listed on the VEU Register of Products

To get a product approved by us and added to the VEU Register of Products, submit an application through your online VEU administrative account.

If you do not have one, you can open a new VEU administrative account. Application must be supported by the correct documentary evidence. See the relevant product guides for details.

Access the product application guide and detailed product guides, via the product application resources tab, for guidance on how to apply and evidentiary requirements.

From 1 July 2023, a $500 application fee applies to list a product on the VEU Register of Products. For further information, please refer to the VEU program fees page.

Product nominations

We may have a long queue of products to assess at any given point in time. We have established a nomination system to help prioritise the products most likely to be installed under the program.

Any person accredited for a particular program activity can submit a product nomination for products they intend to install as part of that activity.

Nominations can be made through your VEU administrative account. When an accredited person submits a product application related to an activity that they are approved to undertake, the product is automatically nominated.

Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards products 

Certain products listed on the GEMS register are eligible for certificate creation under the program upon installation. These include:

• refrigerators and freezers
• televisions
• clothes dryers
• electric motors
• refrigerated cabinets.

However, all products must be recorded in the VEU Register of Products to enable VEECs to be created for installation for these products.  You can request for us to list a GEMS-listed product on the VEU Register of Product with minimal supporting documentation using the product application process.

Approved products for induction cooktops activity

The Secretary of the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change (DEECA) has established an approved list of products, known as the ‘Secretary’s product list, that may be sold under the program’s induction cooktop and freestanding combined induction cooking product activity (activity 46).  The list is published here.

The products listed in the Secretary’s product list are automatically listed in the VEU Register of Products to enable accredited persons to create Victorian energy efficiency certificates (VEECs) for this activity. 

For all enquiries about the Secretary’s product list, please contact the Victorian Energy Upgrades team at the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action at energy.upgrades@deeca.vic.gov.au

Approved products for public lighting upgrade activity

For products to be installed under the public lighting upgrade activity, the product either needs to be a listed on the AEMO load table or approved by us.

Given the specialised nature of this activity, we require accredited persons (or any other interested stakeholder) to submit an application to us for inclusion of AEMO approved products on the VEU Register of Products. Minimal supporting documentation is required.