Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. We would agree with the chief executive officer of Vinnies that energy prices are too high. That's why we're working hard to reduce them. That's why we're working so hard. That's why we're working hard to ensure more energy supply in Western Australia.

Two coal-fired power stations in Western Australia announced their closures under the former government, Muja A and Muja B. Minister Taylor's scheme, UNGI, delivered zero gigawatts for Western Australia. In contrast, 1½ gigawatts of renewables and 1.2 gigawatts of large-scale storage have been added in Western Australia since May 2022. A further half a gigawatt of storage in Western Australia has been delivered under the Capacity Investment Scheme.

I'm pleased to tell the House that 15,825 Western Australian families have installed a cheaper home battery since 1 July—in many instances, reducing their bills to zero or getting a rebate instead of getting a bill. They're actually getting money in their bank account rather than getting a bill. That is the difference that delivery makes. We have much, much more to do. We intend to keep going with that task, to repair the 10 years of delay, denial and dysfunction of those opposite.

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