❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the progress, disputes, and timeline of the Esperance energy transition plan, with the parliamentary secretary providing data on households and businesses transitioned and remaining.
AnsweredQoN 843Legislative Council
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ESPERANCE ENERGY TRANSITION PLAN
843. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the
Esperance energy transition plan.
(1) To date, how
many households and businesses have been transitioned to alternative energy
appliances such as electricity or bottled LNG?
(2) How many
households and businesses have yet to transition?
(3) How many
households and businesses have disputed the financial package provided under
the plan; and, of those, how many of those disputes are currently unresolved?
(4) Is the
minister confident that all households and businesses that currently rely on
reticulated natural gas will be able to transition to alternative energy by the
31 March 2023 deadline?
843. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the
Esperance energy transition plan.
(1) To date, how
many households and businesses have been transitioned to alternative energy
appliances such as electricity or bottled LNG?
(2) How many
households and businesses have yet to transition?
(3) How many
households and businesses have disputed the financial package provided under
the plan; and, of those, how many of those disputes are currently unresolved?
(4) Is the
minister confident that all households and businesses that currently rely on
reticulated natural gas will be able to transition to alternative energy by the
31 March 2023 deadline?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the
member for some notice of the question.
(1) To date, 70
households and one business have been transitioned to an alternative energy
solution under the Esperance energy transition plan.
(2) The following
households and businesses are either in the process of being transitioned or
yet to be transitioned under the Esperance energy transition plan. This is in
table form, and I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Entity
Number
Households
165
Business
21
(3) One household has disputed the financial package
provided under the Esperance energy transition plan. This application has been part approved to enable works
to proceed with remaining queries being resolved currently.
(4) Notwithstanding
that the question seeks an opinion in breach of the standing orders, I can
confirm that the minister is confident in Horizon Power's ability to
deliver the Esperance energy transition plan.
member for some notice of the question.
(1) To date, 70
households and one business have been transitioned to an alternative energy
solution under the Esperance energy transition plan.
(2) The following
households and businesses are either in the process of being transitioned or
yet to be transitioned under the Esperance energy transition plan. This is in
table form, and I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Entity
Number
Households
165
Business
21
(3) One household has disputed the financial package
provided under the Esperance energy transition plan. This application has been part approved to enable works
to proceed with remaining queries being resolved currently.
(4) Notwithstanding
that the question seeks an opinion in breach of the standing orders, I can
confirm that the minister is confident in Horizon Power's ability to
deliver the Esperance energy transition plan.
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