VEU regulatory and program changes commencing in June 2019

We will be releasing updates to the VEU Registry and our guidance documents to reflect changes to the program rules commencing on 10 June 2019.

Overview

We will be releasing updates to the VEU Registry and our guidance documents to reflect changes to the program rules commencing on 10 June 2019.

We will also be releasing changes to VEEC creation forms for specific activities under the program.

All program participants should prepare for these program changes commencing on 10 June 2019.

Regulatory changes commencing in June 2019

We will be releasing a number of changes to the VEU Registry and our guidance documents as a result of:

the start of new regulation provisions under the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Regulations 2018 commencing on 10 June 2019
amendments to VEEC creation forms to better facilitate APs claiming multiple products at a single premises.

Key regulatory changes to be implemented on 10 June

Activity	Change/update
Water heating: activities 1 and 3	Commencement of fresh start Change in VEEC calculations New product approval requirements for activity 1D requiring new products applications to be modelled in zone 5
Shower rose: activity 17	Commencement of fresh start and increase in product limits from two to three Updated product requirements requiring installed product to have a flow rate of 7.5 l/min or less.

Updated program documents

Updated guidance documents, including activity guides and product application guides, will be available on the commission website from 8 am, 10 June 2019 (www.esc.vic.gov.au/veu).

Other program changes: VEEC creation forms and VEU Registry

We will make a number of changes to VEEC creation forms. These new forms must be used for certificate creation claims for installations undertaken from 10 June 2019.

Change to allow claiming of multiple products in some VEEC creation forms

We will update VEEC creation forms to allow multiple products to be claimed under the one activity for:

water heating activities (activities 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1F and, 3B)
space heating activities (activities, 5, 7, 9, and 10)
refrigerated display cabinet activity (activity 32).

Change to activity 21A creation form fields

We will implement the following changes to the fields for activity 21A.

Change 'Number of eligible sockets' field to 'Number of 21A sockets'

We made this change to clarify that this field is only intended to capture the total number of 21A socket environments at the premises.

Addition of audit fields

The following three mandatory fields will be added to audit details for 21A activities for accredited persons to complete:

Was this activity audited?
Date of audit
Type of audit conducted (Phone/Field)

See the Resources tab on this page for VEEC creation forms which must be used for installations undertaken from 10 June 2019.

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VEU Registry outage and changes

To implement the above changes, the VEU Registry will not be available on Sunday, 9th June from 1-4 pm.

Where to get help

If you have any questions or feedback with respect to matters set out in this program update, please contact VEU Support on (03) 9032 1310 or veu@esc.vic.gov.au

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