Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
$2.8B
$2,751,473,101, 2026-27
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 5, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action - Financial statement. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Capital projects listed
19
From the published project register, largest first below.
Programs
This government publishes a total for the department but not what each of its programs costs, so there is no level below this one to show. The figure above is the one in the budget papers, and the projects and contracts below are the levels that are published.
Major projects
Suburban parks program (creating a ring of new parkland) (metropolitan)
$212.3M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27. The estimated completion date has been revised to quarter 4 2026-27 in line with a revised project schedule to reflect timing of land acquisitions.
Metropolitan · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
National water grid fund (statewide)
$190.2M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2028-29.
Statewide · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Bendigo mine impacted groundwater long-term management (Bendigo)
$38.8M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27. The TEI has decreased by $5.552 million due to budgeted amounts being reclassified as operating instead of capital expenditure, in line with accounting standards. The estimated completion date has been revised to quarter 4 2026-27 in line with a revised project schedule.
Bendigo · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Emergency Preparedness Package (regional)
$28.2M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27. This initiative was announced in the 2025-26 Budget Update.
Regional · New project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Maintaining critical assets for emergency and land management (regional)
$24.9M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27.
Regional · New project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Critical bushfire and emergency asset maintenance and replacement (statewide)
$18.9M
Statewide · Completed project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Protecting Victoria’s park heritage icons (statewide)
$16.5M
Statewide · Completed project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Establishing VicGrid (statewide)
$15.8M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2025-26.
Statewide · New project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Improving amenities for regional tourism (regional)
$11.6M
Regional · Completed project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Investing in Serendip Sanctuary and the You Yangs (Wurdi Youang) (Lara)
$10.9M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27. This initiative is part of Labor's Financial Statement 2022.
Lara · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
New and improved suburban parks (statewide)
$9.8M
Statewide · Completed project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Addressing recovery needs from the Western Victoria Bushfires (regional)
$6.6M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27. The TEI has decreased by $1.500 million due to budgeted amounts being reclassified as operating instead of capital expenditure, in line with accounting standards.
Regional · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Additional recovery support for summer 2023-24 floods and storms (statewide)
$6.1M
Statewide · Completed project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Efficient and strengthened earth resources regulation (statewide)
$2.5M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2027-28.
Statewide · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Supporting nature‑based tourism and the environment along the Great Ocean Road (regional)
$2.3M
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27.
Regional · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Improving Victoria's water resources knowledge and access (statewide)
$800.0K
Estimated completion qtr 4 2027-28. The TEI has decreased by $1.000 million due to budgeted amounts being reclassified as operating instead of capital expenditure, in line with accounting standards.
Statewide · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Continue the establishment of Liwik Barring conservation area and protect Victoria’s faunal emblems (Yellingbo)
$760.0K
Estimated completion qtr 4 2026-27.
Yellingbo · Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Maintaining critical assets essential for emergency response (regional)
$0
Regional · Completed project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Other capital expenditure
Not published
Estimated completion n.a.. Other capital expenditure includes minor projects and recurrent investment to maintain and upgrade the existing asset base being undertaken and funded by the Department.
Existing project
Source: Victorian Budget 2026-27, Budget Paper No. 4, 2026-27 State Capital Program. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Largest contracts
Nothing published is linked to this entity. Rows are matched to an entity by the name the register uses, which does not always match the name in the budget papers; the unmatched ones are still in the full register.