State Electricity Commission
John LISTER (Werribee) (19:20): (1170) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for the State Electricity Commission, and the action I seek is an update on how the plan to power our government facilities and infrastructure through the State Electricity Commission will benefit our community in Wyndham. While it is getting late and I do not want to keep the lights on in here longer than we need to, I am excited to hear about the government’s initiative to power places like this one through the SEC. I welcome the announcement today by the Allan Labor government that from the 1 July 2025 we will be powering schools, hospitals, museums, trains, traffic lights and more with clean, renewable, publicly owned renewable energy. This equates to around 5 per cent of our energy use across the state. In our community in Werribee this means the power our government facilities and infrastructure use will not be supplied by corporations intent on profit for their shareholders. This is an exciting move, because the SEC shareholders are all Victorians.