❓ Mr. Nalder questions the Energy Minister regarding the eligibility of small businesses in shopping centres for the $2,500 electricity tariff offset, claiming it's an unfair oversight. The Minister defends the policy, stating it targets regulated tariffs and they won't interfere with deregulated markets.
AnsweredQoN 251Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS —
SMALL BUSINESS — ELECTRICITY TARIFF CREDIT
251. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the $2 500 tariff offset
for small businesses consuming less than 50 megawatt hours. Can the minister
confirm that small businesses in shopping centres are not eligible and will the
minister immediately commit to rectify this unfair oversight?
SMALL BUSINESS — ELECTRICITY TARIFF CREDIT
251. Mr D.C. NALDER to the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the $2 500 tariff offset
for small businesses consuming less than 50 megawatt hours. Can the minister
confirm that small businesses in shopping centres are not eligible and will the
minister immediately commit to rectify this unfair oversight?
AnswerView source ↗
This is the same question that was
asked by the Leader of the National Party at the last sitting of Parliament. My
answer is the same as the answer I gave the last time I was asked this
question. The answer is that we have given the offset to all small businesses
with a consumption of electricity below 50 megawatt hours that buy their energy
on a regulated tariff from Synergy. It is not an oversight that we have not got
involved in the deregulated part of the industry. Exactly as I explained
several weeks ago when this question was asked of me by the National Party, I explained
that we have no intention of disturbing the free enterprise system that those
people purchased their electricity on. As I also said in answer to that
question, I have tasked Energy Policy WA to investigate the capacity of
bringing deregulation to customers of embedded networks, which again is
something that I said when I stood here in answering the question from the
Leader of the National Party.
asked by the Leader of the National Party at the last sitting of Parliament. My
answer is the same as the answer I gave the last time I was asked this
question. The answer is that we have given the offset to all small businesses
with a consumption of electricity below 50 megawatt hours that buy their energy
on a regulated tariff from Synergy. It is not an oversight that we have not got
involved in the deregulated part of the industry. Exactly as I explained
several weeks ago when this question was asked of me by the National Party, I explained
that we have no intention of disturbing the free enterprise system that those
people purchased their electricity on. As I also said in answer to that
question, I have tasked Energy Policy WA to investigate the capacity of
bringing deregulation to customers of embedded networks, which again is
something that I said when I stood here in answering the question from the
Leader of the National Party.
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