Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Our regions will absolutely benefit from having a cheaper and more reliable, more securable energy that the National Energy Guarantee we have announced today will deliver. The nearly eight million Australians and 540,000 businesses that operate in regional Australia can now have confidence we are delivering the energy security and affordability that they deserve. This integrated approach designed by experts that we announced today through the National Energy Guarantee will require retailers to invest directly in new generation capacity that is dispatchable and/or includes lower emissions, enter into contracts with generators specifying the emissions produced by that electricity, and contract with another retailer, as already occurs, that has overachieved its reliability and/or its emissions guarantee. This is an energy policy that backs our regional community and, indeed, communities everywhere. (Time expired)