❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the funding source, budgeting, procurement, and allocation of $66.3m for renewable energy technologies announced as a boost to the WA recovery. The Minister's response indicates that none of the projects were budgeted as part of the 2019-20 State Budget process.
AnsweredQoN 6347Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the recently announced $66.3m toward “renewable energy technologies” as a boost to the WA recovery, and ask: (a) Can the Minister outline the source of the funds: in particular whether
it is Royalties for Regions, consolidated funds or funds from a government trading enterprise (GTE) (eg
Horizon/Western Power balance sheet); (b) Can the Minister identify, what if any of the $66.3m of funded
initiatives were budgeted in the 2019-2020 state budget (including GTE
internal budgets) to be expended over the forward estimates 2019-2020 to
2022-2023; (c) If there were initiatives budgeted, can the Minister describe the
procurement process (including key dates) where projects were tendered
to the private sector; (d) With reference to the 50 stand-alone power systems (SPS) and Battery
Energy Storage Systems (BESS), can the Minister outline when the
contracts were/are being let; (e) If the contracts for the SPS and the BESS have been awarded: who
has won the contract/s, when were they issued the advice they were
successful, and what is the nature of the battery technology being used; (f) If all/some of the project funds were budgeted in the 2019-2020 state
budget, can the Minister outline the forward estimate projections of
expenditure of the $66.3m; and (g) Other than the remote community expenditure, can the Minister outline
the allocation of the regional components of the remaining funds?
it is Royalties for Regions, consolidated funds or funds from a government trading enterprise (GTE) (eg
Horizon/Western Power balance sheet); (b) Can the Minister identify, what if any of the $66.3m of funded
initiatives were budgeted in the 2019-2020 state budget (including GTE
internal budgets) to be expended over the forward estimates 2019-2020 to
2022-2023; (c) If there were initiatives budgeted, can the Minister describe the
procurement process (including key dates) where projects were tendered
to the private sector; (d) With reference to the 50 stand-alone power systems (SPS) and Battery
Energy Storage Systems (BESS), can the Minister outline when the
contracts were/are being let; (e) If the contracts for the SPS and the BESS have been awarded: who
has won the contract/s, when were they issued the advice they were
successful, and what is the nature of the battery technology being used; (f) If all/some of the project funds were budgeted in the 2019-2020 state
budget, can the Minister outline the forward estimate projections of
expenditure of the $66.3m; and (g) Other than the remote community expenditure, can the Minister outline
the allocation of the regional components of the remaining funds?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
15 September 2020
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
9 days
(a)
(b) None of the projects were budgeted as a part of the 2019-20 State Budget process.
(c) Not applicable, please see response to (b).
(d)
(e) Not applicable, please see response to (d).
(f) Not applicable, please see response to (b).
(g)
(b) None of the projects were budgeted as a part of the 2019-20 State Budget process.
(c) Not applicable, please see response to (b).
(d)
(e) Not applicable, please see response to (d).
(f) Not applicable, please see response to (b).
(g)
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