Essential Services Commission

We license businesses, set rules they must follow and monitor compliance. We also set the Victorian Default Offer – a simple, trusted electricity price.

We regulate Victoria’s water businesses. We assess and approve the prices they can charge, set the service standards they must meet and monitor their performance.

Victorian councils can’t raise their rates by more than a limit called the rate cap. We assess council requests to go above the cap and check that councils follow it.

We regulate participants and products in the program to support affordable energy efficiency improvements and reduce long-term energy use.

We monitor the Port of Melbourne’s compliance with pricing regulations, develop guidelines, and undertake inquiries, studies and reviews in the long-term interests of port users.

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We are Victoria’s essential services regulator. Read about how we regulate, our plans and priorities, and the policies that guide us.