Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Southern Metropolitan Region

Ryan BATCHELOR (Southern Metropolitan) (14:06): (1631) My question is to the Minister for the State Electricity Commission. Minister, what sites in my electorate will now be powered by the SEC? For the first time since the Liberals privatised the SEC – Labor brought it back – it is now going to sell electricity to Victoria once again. Next month the SEC will be powering Victoria’s schools, hospitals, museums and trams with more clean, cheap, reliable, publicly owned renewable energy generated from wind and solar farms right across the state. It is going to power the Metro Tunnel when it begins operations later this year, while the SEC solar and battery storage facility and the SEC renewable energy park will drive down energy prices and slash emissions, ensuring Victoria is well on the way to hitting net zero by 2045.