Despite the significant opportunities attributed to residential electrification, many Australians face barriers to electrifying their homes. This report sets out the opportunities and barriers for consumers, discusses the impacts of appliance standards and building design issues, and looks at the impacts of electrification on the energy grid. It provides four recommendations.

The gas industry have successfully resisted moves to regulate them and the gas appliance industry has never been willing to work constructively with government, and it is their customers who lose out. This briefing paper covers: how the gas lobby operates to the detriment of Victorians and blocked regulation of its products, how gas appliances...

Victoria has set some of the most ambitious renewable energy, emissions reduction and storage targets in the country. This strategy document outlines the Victorian government's plans to invest in renewable energy generation and storage, support households to go all-electric, and help build the renewables workforce needed to drive the Victoria's energy transition.

The authors of this report argue that governments and regulators should act to protect consumers, by ensuring that gas distribution networks' campaigning activities are lawful under Australian consumer law, and that expenditure on ‘renewable gas’ activities is not approved where it is not in the long-term interests of energy consumers.

This report explores the views of lower-income households about moving from gas to electricity as home energy sources, the barriers they face, and the implications for policy to achieve equitable solutions.