Article sourced from the Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
As Victoria transitions towards a modern, renewable energy system, the Energy Safety Roadmap was released in December 2025 by the Victoria Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) to ensure the shift is managed safely and effectively.
The Roadmap highlights that safety will be the priority as new and emerging technologies continue to emerge and be adopted.
The transition to renewable energy is essential to meeting Victoria’s climate goals, however these technologies also bring new safety responsibilities that must be managed carefully.
To keep the energy transition moving, the Victorian Government will look to modernise the state’s energy safety regulatory framework, keep consumer safe, and ensure a skilled workforce.
The Roadmap responds to the findings of the Energy Safety Review undertaken by DEECA. The review examined current and future risks and found that while Victoria has made strong progress over the past two decades, the existing safety framework of legislation, regulation and enforcement was built for a different energy system and now needs updating to stay fit for purpose.
Keeping Victorians safe
The goal of the Energy Safety Roadmap is to ensure safety remains central as energy systems decentralise and evolve. Victoria has always led the way on energy reform, and this is another step on that journey.
The Energy Safety Roadmap includes a series of reforms under three key pillars:
Pillar 1 – Ensuring Victorians remain safe through the renewable energy transition
More households and businesses are using solar panels, batteries, electric vehicle chargers, and other new and emerging technologies including e-bikes and e-scooters, bringing new safety responsibilities that must be managed carefully.
The Roadmap sets out actions to keep consumers safe. This includes improving product standards and labelling, strengthening recall processes, and ensuring the safe installation and maintenance of solar, batteries, and electric vehicle chargers. It also includes actions for clearer information to help consumers use new technologies safely.
Pillar 2 – Dynamic regulation of the renewable energy transition
The Victorian Government will modernise the state’s energy safety regulatory framework. This includes reviewing legislation, strengthening oversight, and ensuring Energy Safe Victoria has the tools and resources it needs for risk-based regulation of a changing energy system.
Pillar 3 – Energy workforce licensing and skills
The Victorian Government will also work to ensure that the workforce gets the required energy safety training and experience, so the next generation of workers are ready for the jobs ahead. Licensing requirements for electrical workers, plumbers, and gasfitters will also be reviewed.
Implementation of the Energy Safety Roadmap will begin in early 2026. The Victorian Government will work closely with industry, unions and regulators to progress early actions.
For more information and to access the Energy Safety Roadmap, visit the State Government of Victoria website.