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❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the Energy Minister's change of stance on the Verve-Synergy merger, seeking details on information that influenced his decision. The Minister's response is brief, citing stakeholder meetings and discrediting prior Labor Party claims.

AnsweredQoN 7Legislative Assembly

Asked

17 April 2013

Member

Mr W.J. Johnston

Portfolio

Energy

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I refer to the Minister's media comments reported in The West Australian of 12 April 2013 that the decision to merge Verve and Synergy had been made in the two weeks prior to 10 April 2013, and I ask: (a) prior to 26 March 2013, what issues made the Minister sceptical of the merits of merging Verve and Synergy; (b) what reports, documents, studies or other information which came into the Minister's possession after 26 March 2013 did he rely on to change his view to support the merging of Verve and Synergy (please provide the specific title, date and author of each of these reports, documents or studies); (c) when did the Minister first receive these reports, documents or studies; and (d) will these reports, documents or studies be tabled?

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Answered

8 August 2013

Responded by

Minister for Energy

Response time

113 days

(a) Prior to 26 March 2013 I believed the rhetoric of the Labor Party that disaggregation had been completely successful. I soon learnt that this was not the case.
(b) A range of meeting with stakeholders in the electricity industry.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Not applicable.

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