{"id":67978,"date":"2022-11-23T05:38:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=67978"},"modified":"2022-11-23T05:38:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T19:08:27","slug":"victorian-energy-election-mb2724","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/victorian-energy-election-mb2724\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Election 2022 &#8211; Climate And Energy Pledge Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/victorian-election-policies.jpg\" alt=\"Dan Andrews, Samantha Ratnam, Matthew Guy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/victorian-election-policies.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/victorian-election-policies-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/victorian-election-policies-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/victorian-election-policies-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With just a few days to go until the good folks of Victoria head to the polls, here&#8217;s some of what Victorian Labor, the Liberals\/Nationals and Greens are committing to in terms of energy and climate.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Victorian Labor<\/h2>\n<p>Building on current efforts and under the ongoing leadership of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danandrews.com.au\/\">Dan Andrews<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Re-establishing a government-owned energy company with view to building out bunch of renewables projects, each of which the State Government will have a controlling interest in. Any profits from the revived State Electricity Commission to go into keeping power bills down.<\/li>\n<li>95% renewable electricity by 2035 (initial State Government investment of $1 billion).<\/li>\n<li>Net zero emissions by 2045.<\/li>\n<li>$10 million to deliver a Hydrogen Worker Training Centre.<\/li>\n<li>$6 million to train workers for the state&#8217;s wind industry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/neighbourhood-battery-blitz-mb2711\/\">100 neighbourhood batteries<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Victorian Labor&#8217;s 2022 election commitments on energy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danandrews.com.au\/energy\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Victorian Liberals\/Nationals<\/h2>\n<p>Under Victorian Liberal leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewguy.com.au\/\">Matthew Guy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First on the list &#8211; encouraging conventional onshore gas exploration and production, with new conventional onshore natural gas subject to a 100 per cent domestic reservation policy under the party&#8217;s Victorian Gas for Victorians Guarantee.<\/li>\n<li>Establishing a $1 billion Victorian Hydrogen Strategy<\/li>\n<li>Upgrading electricity transmission infrastructure in Western Victoria to unlock 1,800 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, plus generally modernising the state&#8217;s transmission system.<\/li>\n<li>Provide 1 million households with a rebate of up to $1,400 for solar panel installations and $3,000 for a home battery. The battery and solar panel scheme seems very similar to the currently available and ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/victorian-solar-rebate.html\">Solar Homes program<\/a>. However, the Libs will double the subsidy for rental properties.<\/li>\n<li>Installing solar panels across unspecific public infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Legislate halving emissions by 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Maintain the ban on fracking and coal seam gas (CSG) extraction.<\/li>\n<li>Pay the electricity supply charge for Victorian households during the first six months of 2023, which will save each household up to $235.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Victorian Liberals&#8217; 2022 election commitments on energy <a href=\"https:\/\/vic.liberal.org.au\/Uploads\/38013188540753459CXF_main-vicliberal-site-2022\/real-solutions-plan-november-2022.pdf\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Victorian Greens<\/h2>\n<p>Under the leadership of <a href=\"https:\/\/greens.org.au\/vic\/person\/samantha-ratnam\">Samantha Ratnam<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A ban on any new coal, oil and gas projects in Victoria, including offshore gas drilling. This would come into effect &#8220;immediately&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>A plan to get 1 million Victoria homes off gas and banning connecting new homes to the gas network.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing\u00a0Victoria&#8217;s greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Reach net zero emissions by 2035 or sooner.<\/li>\n<li>Boost Victoria&#8217;s legislated renewable energy target to 100% by 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Legislation for the orderly phase-out of Victoria\u2019s remaining coal-fired power stations by 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Guaranteed jobs for all the state&#8217;s coal and gas workers.<\/li>\n<li>End land tax exemptions for coal mines in the Latrobe Valley.<\/li>\n<li>A properly-funded Latrobe Valley Authority, which will oversee the transition away from coal.<\/li>\n<li>Tough new coal pollution standards to protect the health of people in the Latrobe Valley.<\/li>\n<li>Axe the CarbonNet carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Victorian Greens 2022 election commitments on energy <a href=\"https:\/\/greens.org.au\/vic\/platform\/climate\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As in other states\/territories\/countries, the last few years have been pretty challenging for Victorians. On Election Day, don&#8217;t forget to grab your democracy sausage (in whatever form it may take &#8211; animal, plant, fungi). Then once safely back home and with your car keys stashed away:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Mashd N Kutcher - Get On The Beers (feat. 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