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The Commonwealth government’s annual emissions projections report 2024 released this week highlighted that emissions from gas have increased from 2005 levels and transport emissions have increased. While we can celebrate the progress on renewables achieved through the Renewable Energy Target since 2001 and the Capacity Investment Scheme that will support…
The ESIA today welcomed the news that Victoria’s Energy Upgrades (VEU) program will be extended to 2045, with legislation due to be passed in 2025. Interim VEU targets for 2026-27 will be set following consultation due process commencing before 2024-year end. All while the broader VEU strategy review is under…
The VEU program is well placed to support the Victorian government’s proposed minimum standards for rental homes and rooming houses announced yesterday with consultation now under way. “This proposal is a major step that will open the door currently jammed for renters and vulnerable Victorians that live in very energy…
It’s excellent news that a $5.9 million strategic review of the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program in the Victorian budget released today has been committed to reset the scheme with an electrification focus to 2030 and likely beyond. “We congratulate the Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources, Climate Action and…
Industry holds out hope the federal government will commit to transformative policy in due course with a national incentive scheme as part of its evolving national energy performance strategy (NEPS) as recommended by the Climate Change Authority. “Today’s NEPS release isn’t addressing the glaring gap industry is facing now as…
Urgent tweaks to the flagship Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program are needed to deliver Victoria’s gas substitution roadmap updated today. “We commend the Victorian government on its gas substitution leadership with the devil in some details to unlock the energy efficient appliance upgrade transformation needed over the next few years…
Today’s move by the Victorian government to ban gas in new homes from 1 January 2024 and immediately ban gas for new public buildings is a huge step forward. The state’s burgeoning population demands new housing stock including public and social housing. We need an equally monumental move for 8…
Today’s announcement by the Victorian government to ban high pressure sales tactics under its Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program is welcomed by the peak body representing businesses that participate in delivering that state’s energy efficiency target to 2030. A consultation on the ban will commence within weeks including telemarketing. “This…
The $1.6 billion committed in the federal budget may deliver energy efficiency upgrades to a few hundred thousand households. But what Australia needs is a National Energy Savings Scheme (NESS) that mobilises industry to drive millions of household and business upgrades. This much-needed transformative measure will address the biggest barrier…
Crippling bill pain will thump households and businesses relying on old gas water and space heating as the gas shortfall predicted by the Australian Energy Market Operator hits Victoria next winter, unless the Victorian Government dramatically accelerates financial incentives for energy customers to switch from gas to electric appliances before…
