❓ Hon Paul Llewellyn questions the Minister for Energy regarding the use of renewable energy credits, alleging a double standard between consumers and government enterprises, particularly concerning the Kwinana desalination plant and GreenPower accreditation. The Minister denies different standards exist, highlighting GreenPower's voluntary nature.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
I have the minister surrounded now! I refer to the answer to question without notice 429, provided on 7 June 2007. (1) Is the minister aware that under the national GreenPower accreditation rules, renewable energy purchased to make GreenPower sales cannot be used by energy suppliers to meet their obligations under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? (2) Is the minister aware that this requirement applies to NaturalPower, the green energy product available to Western Australian consumers? (3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE
I have the minister surrounded now! I refer to the answer to question without notice 429, provided on 7 June 2007. (1) Is the minister aware that under the national GreenPower accreditation rules, renewable energy purchased to make GreenPower sales cannot be used by energy suppliers to meet their obligations under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? (2) Is the minister aware that this requirement applies to NaturalPower, the green energy product available to Western Australian consumers? (3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(1) Is the minister aware that under the national GreenPower accreditation rules, renewable energy purchased to make GreenPower sales cannot be used by energy suppliers to meet their obligations under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? (2) Is the minister aware that this requirement applies to NaturalPower, the green energy product available to Western Australian consumers? (3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(2) Is the minister aware that this requirement applies to NaturalPower, the green energy product available to Western Australian consumers? (3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(1) Is the minister aware that under the national GreenPower accreditation rules, renewable energy purchased to make GreenPower sales cannot be used by energy suppliers to meet their obligations under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? (2) Is the minister aware that this requirement applies to NaturalPower, the green energy product available to Western Australian consumers? (3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(2) Is the minister aware that this requirement applies to NaturalPower, the green energy product available to Western Australian consumers? (3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(3) Is the minister aware that the renewable energy purchased for the Kwinana desalination plant was used to meet the obligations of an energy supplier under the commonwealth government’s mandatory renewable energy target scheme? This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
This question is the killer - (4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(4) How does the minister justify having different standards for the purchase of renewable energy by consumers on the one hand and government trading enterprises on the other? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
I thank Hon Paul Llewellyn for providing advice for his question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(1)-(2) Yes. (3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(3) The Minister for Energy is not responsible for energy purchases by the Water Corporation, but he understands that this is the case. (4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
(4) Different standards do not apply to consumers and government trading enterprises. The GreenPower scheme is a voluntary program, and there is no requirement for consumers or government trading enterprises to purchase GreenPower.
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