Victoria bans energy retailers’ “loyalty tax,” mandates Victorian Default Offer switch from July 01, 2026
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Victoria will immediately ban energy retailers from applying a "loyalty tax" to long-term customers and, from July 2026, require switching customers on plans older than four years to the Victorian Default Offer, with significant per-breach penalties. The measure is consumer-protection focused and state-specific, implying limited transmission to national energy pricing, commodity benchmarks, or broader risk assets in the near term.
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Australia’s state of Victoria said it has banned energy retailers from imposing a so-called “loyalty tax” on long-term customers, taking effect immediately. From July 01, 2026, retailers must move customers who have been on an offer for more than four years onto the Victorian Default Offer (VDO), with penalties of up to $244,212 per breach. The state said the policy is expected to help tens of thousands of households save about $258 a year on average. The measure is a state-level regulatory action and is not tied to national energy companies or wholesale commodity pricing mechanisms.
