❓ Mr. Johnston questions the Minister for Energy about the potential disaggregation of Synergy, based on a quote in The West Australian. The Minister denies a commitment to splitting Synergy, emphasizing the government's focus on full retail contestability in the energy market and criticising the previous government's handling of the energy sector.
AnsweredQoN 640Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
SYNERGY — DISAGGREGATION
640. Mr W.J. JOHNSTON to the Minister for
Energy:
I ask a supplementary question. I will
read the minister's quote out of today's The West Australian —I am quoting him. It says —
''Whether it's
splitting Synergy up or allowing private competition, �
So, is the minister going to split
Synergy up?
640. Mr W.J. JOHNSTON to the Minister for
Energy:
I ask a supplementary question. I will
read the minister's quote out of today's The West Australian —I am quoting him. It says —
''Whether it's
splitting Synergy up or allowing private competition, �
So, is the minister going to split
Synergy up?
AnswerView source ↗
The point that the member is missing
is that we are committed to full retail contestability. Are you? That is the
point. The question is: how do we get there? I said that the quote is quite
accurate. Whether or not we split Synergy up or allow other ones to come on and
compete with it, we are going to allow competition in what is currently the
franchised market. We did not say that we are going to split up Synergy. That
does not say that; it does not say that. So how the member can jump to that, I do
not know.
Several members interjected.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : They do not like it, do they! They do not like it! They went
out and totally made a mess of the energy sector. We are systematically fixing
their mess, and all they can do is make up stories that are not in the
newspaper. They are hopeless.
The
SPEAKER : That concludes question time.
is that we are committed to full retail contestability. Are you? That is the
point. The question is: how do we get there? I said that the quote is quite
accurate. Whether or not we split Synergy up or allow other ones to come on and
compete with it, we are going to allow competition in what is currently the
franchised market. We did not say that we are going to split up Synergy. That
does not say that; it does not say that. So how the member can jump to that, I do
not know.
Several members interjected.
Dr
M.D. NAHAN : They do not like it, do they! They do not like it! They went
out and totally made a mess of the energy sector. We are systematically fixing
their mess, and all they can do is make up stories that are not in the
newspaper. They are hopeless.
The
SPEAKER : That concludes question time.
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