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❓ A parliamentary question seeking details on the basis for the Minister's claim of $1 billion in savings from energy market reforms. The Minister's response lacks specific details, citing confidentiality for some changes.

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Asked

16 April 2013

Member

Mr W.J. Johnston

Portfolio

Energy

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I refer to the Minister's media release dated 10 April 2013 entitled Major Reform for State’s Energy Sector , and his claim that incremental changes to the energy market since 2008 have reduced the cost to the State by approximately $1 billion, and I ask: (a) who advised the Minister of this $1 billion figure; (b) when was the Minister advised of this figure; (c) please provide the detail of each of these incremental changes that the Minister was referring to; (d) on what date were each of these incremental changes implemented; and (e) please provide a detailed breakdown of the saving made for each of these incremental changes?

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Answered

8 August 2013

Responded by

Minister for Energy

Response time

114 days

(a) This information came from a range of sources.
(b) Shortly after being sworn in as a Minister.
(c)-(e) Some of these issues improvements relate to changes made to the vesting contract and are strictly confidential.

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