Energy Prices

Victorian energy price trends compared to state infrastructure spending and transition targets.

What it shows

  • Residential and business energy price trajectories.
  • Wholesale price data where published.
  • Relationship between capital investment in generation/transmission and consumer price.
  • ESC (Essential Services Commission) regulatory decisions affecting prices.

How to read it

The page links spend (state capital investment in energy infrastructure) to outcome (price to consumer). Where the two diverge, we flag it.

Data sources

  • AEMO — wholesale market data.
  • ESC — retail regulatory decisions.
  • DTF — state energy capital programs.

Caveats

  • Energy pricing is affected by federal and international factors outside Victorian government control.
  • "Average bill" figures vary by usage profile.

Last reviewed: 11 Apr 2026