Legislative Council Economy and Infrastructure Committee
Inquiry into Electricity Supply for Electric Vehicles
Referred (Terms of Reference)
The Committee will inquire into, consider and report on how Victoria can best harmonise electric vehicles (EVs) with electricity supply and demand, including strategies to reduce EV charging during periods of peak demand on the grid, increasing charging during periods of peak supply, whether public charging infrastructure is being installed at a sufficient rate in different parts of Victoria, the best role for electricity distribution businesses in rolling out EV charging infrastructure, strategies to facilitate the take-up of EV ownership, whether old EV batteries could have a second life as household or community batteries after removal from vehicles and the barriers and opportunities to the manufacture, reconditioning and recycling of EV batteries.
Terms of reference
The terms of reference are instructions which explain what a committee has been asked to do, what topics it should focus on, and how its members will work together to achieve its shared goals.
On 15 May 2025, the Legislative Council agreed to the following motion:
That this House requires the Economy and Infrastructure Committee to inquire into, consider and report, by 27 March 2026, on how Victoria can best harmonise electric vehicles (EVs) with electricity supply and demand, including but not limited to —
(1) strategies to reduce EV charging during periods of peak demand on the grid and increase charging during periods of peak supply;
(2) whether public charging infrastructure is being installed at a sufficient rate in different parts of Victoria, including older suburbs where most people do not have access to off-street parking;
(3) the best role for electricity distribution businesses in rolling out EV charging infrastructure, and how distribution network tariffs should be set for EV chargers;
(4) strategies to facilitate the take-up of EV ownership, including the facilitation of bidirectional charging;
(5) whether old EV batteries could have a second life as household or community batteries after removal from vehicles;
(6) the barriers and opportunities to the manufacture, reconditioning and recycling of EV batteries, or other elements of the EV supply chain, in Victoria; and
(7) any other related matters the Committee considers relevant.