Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Emergency Management) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the question, Senator Bilyk. I'm delighted to report news today from AEMO, the market operator. Their CEO, Daniel Westerman, has said:

… electricity generated from the sun, wind and water is already meeting 40% of our energy needs throughout the year, peaking at world-leading records above 72% on the east coast and 84% on the west coast.

South Australia and Tasmania already regularly meet more than 100 per cent of their operational electricity demand from renewables and, for a 30-minute interval last December, rooftop solar alone provided more than 100 per cent of South Australia's entire underlying demand. That is reliable renewables at work: powering the grid.