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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The government earlier this week announced that they'd be increasing
the Home and Business Battery Scheme bonus from five thousand
dollars to twelve thousand dollars from December one. The boost
of the scheme is going to provide Territorians with greater
access to renewable energy solutions, lowering energy bills and supporting
local businesses involved in the supply and installation of solar
(00:23):
PV systems and batteries. The Deputy Chief Minister and also
Minister for Renewables, Jared Maylee, joins me on the show.
Goodbarding to your minister.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good morning Katie, and good morning listeners.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Thanks so much for your time this morning. Now, Minister,
the scheme kicks in on December one. Has there been
a lot of interest so far.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yes, Katy, there's been a lot of interest. So what
our scheme does is essentially double the battery bonus for
home and businesses. We know that the Labor government had
set it at six and then they actually put it
back to five in the previous term. For what we
want to do is we're going to bring it out
to twelve thousand dollars to just allow that cost of
living pressures so the plan is that people will be
(01:06):
able to have this battery system at home. I better
use their solar panels during the day to charge up
the batteries and then they can use the batteries throughout
the night. And what we're trying to achieve here is
just to reduce power bills either to zero and be
negative or very small depending on what sort of home
you have and how many children and air cons and
things like that that you use during the evening.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
So how much is it all going to cost?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Well, look, ultimately, the second part of this scheme, Katie,
is we're actually doubling it the pool of money or
the pot of money from three million dollars up to
six million dollars. So it's going to cost six million dollars.
This is not just a scheme where you just get
twelve thousand dollars. You have to put some money, your
own money into the skin in the game in relation
to buying the battery. So it's really a partnership between
(01:53):
the government and the private industry and people who want
to be able to take advantage of the scheme. We're
going to promote it because it's about renewal energy, it's
about lowering the cost of living, and we're going to
work with own owners and also business owners to allow
people to have those batteries, reduce the cost of living
and basically had their own little virtual poal plan at
home where they can operate as they see fit.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Deputy Chief Minister. When the former government changed the fall
of the solar feed in tariff for households, people were furious.
Territorians were absolutely furious about that change. As I understand it,
you have confirmed that the peak feed in tariff for
households is going to increase. What are Territorians going to
be able to get?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Look, I understand why territories are furists because the Labor
government promised not to change those feed in tariffs for
those grandfather but people already had it and then they
broke that promise and did it. The coealp have been
very clear leading up to the election that we are
going to double the feed in tariff to up to
just over eighteen cents during peak times, which is between
three pm and nine pm during the day in the evening.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Is it going to cause stress though for the whole system?
I mean, is this something that is going to put
real pressure on our networks.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Ultimately, the plan is to be able to these people
have the soulars during the day, the battery at night
and operate independently from the system. And of course they
can bring power in if they're using more power during
the evening. But we want to try and do is
ease that cost of living and also ease the burden
on the power and water. In relation to this view,
we know that in territory we have lots of sun
(03:27):
maybe not that the last few days there's been raining
a little bit, but ultimately we've got a fair bit
of sunshine up here. So we're encouraging people to take
advantage off the scheme, buy some batteries, will chip in,
you chip in and ultimately loveel that cost of living
and over renewable energy.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So Minister, as I touched on, we know the former
government made changes to this people are furious about it
is what you have now announced earlier in the week.
Does that actually take people back to the promise that
the former government had said that they weren't going to break.
Is it as good as as what they thought they
were going to get.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
No, I don't think it's as good. We've double the
feed in tariff up to eighteen just over eighteen, Killer Watson,
our I don't have soul panels. I think it was
higher than that previously. But what we are trying to
do is just give a bonus. If you are going
to conserve energy and you want export into to the system,
you can do that. And it's at eighteen just over eighteen.
Then's perticular? What hour? All right?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
And when is that going to come in to effect
the feed in tariff changes? Because I know from December
one is where we're going to see a boost to
the battery scheme as I understand it. But when is
it for the feed in tariff?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yeah, that's correct. So the battery start December one, which
is Sunday, and the feed in tariff starts on July one,
twenty twenty five, So next financial year next year?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
How come not until next year for that one.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
We're just waiting the Power and Water tell us that
are doing a system upgrade in early twenty twenty five
and it will just go hand in hand with our
system upgrade and then we've just basically picked the new
financial year to kick it off.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
All right now, Minister, I do just want to move
along because we know that we've spoken quite a bit
this week in fact about the territories gas supplies and
the concerns of potential blackouts caused by issues without supply.
Bill Yan has now confirmed that the government's suing our
major gas supplier over supply curtailment that has forced the
(05:18):
government to seek fuel and other short term deals. Now
the Order to General says this has led to a
forty eight point three million dollar fiscal deterioration for Power
and Water Corporation. Deputy Chief Minister, this is a massive
cost and a real concern to Territorians who want to
keep the lights on. Where are these proceedings.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
At look, Ultimately there are proceedings on foot in ration
at so I can't talk too much about that, but
what I can say is that our government have secured
emergency arrangements in relation to the gas producers in Middle
Arm to be able to keep the lights on. So
there's no problems the lights they are going to be on.
We're going to be generating power. But it just really
goes to show you how the previous government dropped the
(06:01):
ball in relation to gas. We've got the bea Looo
sitting just to the south of us years and years
in years worth of gas and we are now having
to spend this money because the Labor government dropped the ball.
So what we're doing is we're promoting Bede Loo and
I've been down in myself a few weeks ago and
we want to get that kicking off as much as
we can. We're doing our soul a feed in tariff
and battery bonus now as well to be able to
(06:23):
get those batteries to ease the pressure on power, water
and also the cost of living. So we're taking these steps,
but ultimately, we've only been in office for thirteen or
fourteen weeks. We've done a lot, but we can't do
things quickly overnight. We have to get it done right.
So we're trying our best and we're just doing all
these things to make sure that the power stays on
(06:45):
and also the cost of living is ease through the battery.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
It seems like it seems crazy that we are in
a situation where we've got these gas reserves in the
Northern Territory. But the potential here is from what the
Chiefs Minister it even said to us earlier in the week,
is that you know it may be situation where We're
then having to buy gas from Queen Zone or have
it exported then to us from Queen Zone. Like that's
quite unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
It's just absolutely crazy. You know, ultimately, we know the
b loose there. The Labor government had eight years to
get it up and running and get it into the market.
They failed and that you know, ultimately some of the
previous government couldn't even say the word gas, Katie.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It's true. I know it was during the week that was.
I usually wouldn't agree with everything a ministersease, but it
is true.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Jared, Well, unlike myself, look and our government, we support
gas fully. We want to get that gas out of
the ground. We're not going to cutting corner. We're going
to do it right, don't get me wrong. But we
need to make sure we get that happening quickly. And
that's why the Charity Coordinator has been introduced to be
able to allow industry and not just the gas industry,
but right across the territory to move some of those
(07:49):
roadblocks and get things happening in the charitory and to
rebuild our economy, because that's what one of the platforms
we went to election on. We want to make things safe.
We want to rebuild the economy and also restore our lifestyle.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
You mentioned that that territory coordinator role, and I know
earlier in the week you had about one hundred protesters.
I believe maybe it was more or less. I'm not
sure outside of Parliament house protesting that that position. I mean,
what do you say to Territorians that are maybe a
little bit concerned about this territory coordinator role. I guess
(08:19):
you know, the fact is that the territory coordinator is
not only going to be looking at gas projects, is
he No.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
He's him looking at any project right across the Northern churchy.
If there's a projects of significance, and there's it can
be brought into the church of coordinator and then the
church or coordinator can help it facilitate the program and
right through the government, facility industry. Wultimately, what we want, Katie,
is the territory quider is sitting there tilling their thumbs
doing nothing, because that means the government processes are working well.
(08:47):
But what I do say to those people out there
is go and read the information yourself. Going out, there's
a whole information on our website if you want to
contact any electoral officers that I've all got guides and
information about how that works, and I invite you to
go and have your say. That's open right now. This
particular piece of legislation is going to be tabled next year,
so all through the Christmas period as an opportunity to
(09:09):
have your say, we invite as many people as possible
to have your say in those processes. What I say
to them, go read the information, put your submission in.
I say that to industry, put your submission in so
we can get all the information together and if we
need to tweak the legislation, we will, and then we'll
bring it into the House and then we're going to
actually refer to the Scrutiny Committee as well. So I
really can't think of too much more legislation that hasn't
(09:32):
undergone as much public scrutiny as possible to be able
to make sure this legislation is fit for purpose and
of course makes it easy to do business in the
Northern Territory Jared.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Mainly before I let you go. The Northern Territory government
has indeed written to the dah and port operator land
Bridge seeking information after learning that it is facing fresh
financial woes. What could this all mean? Could it mean
that this lease with land Bridge comes to an end?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Well, look, old mkay, I think it's too early to tell.
We certainly don't want to go and start rumors and
make information at not true. What we need to do
is sit back. We need to make sure we look
at all the facts. We need to go to that organization.
I know the Treasurer is going into camberd today to
speak to people about it. We need to speak to
that organization and we need to make sure we know
exactly what the situation is and it needs to be
resolved as quick as possible.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
All right, Well, Deputy Chief Minister and also Minister for Renewables,
Jared Mayley, really appreciate your time this morning. I know
it's a busy day with Parliament sitting. We'll catch up
with you again very soon.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Thank you, Katie, Thank you,
The government earlier this week announced that they'd be increasing
the Home and Business Battery Scheme bonus from five thousand
dollars to twelve thousand dollars from December one. The boost
of the scheme is going to provide Territorians with greater
access to renewable energy solutions, lowering energy bills and supporting
local businesses involved in the supply and installation of solar
(00:23):
PV systems and batteries. The Deputy Chief Minister and also
Minister for Renewables, Jared Maylee, joins me on the show.
Goodbarding to your minister.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Good morning Katie, and good morning listeners.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Thanks so much for your time this morning. Now, Minister,
the scheme kicks in on December one. Has there been
a lot of interest so far.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yes, Katy, there's been a lot of interest. So what
our scheme does is essentially double the battery bonus for
home and businesses. We know that the Labor government had
set it at six and then they actually put it
back to five in the previous term. For what we
want to do is we're going to bring it out
to twelve thousand dollars to just allow that cost of
living pressures so the plan is that people will be
(01:06):
able to have this battery system at home. I better
use their solar panels during the day to charge up
the batteries and then they can use the batteries throughout
the night. And what we're trying to achieve here is
just to reduce power bills either to zero and be
negative or very small depending on what sort of home
you have and how many children and air cons and
things like that that you use during the evening.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
So how much is it all going to cost?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Well, look, ultimately, the second part of this scheme, Katie,
is we're actually doubling it the pool of money or
the pot of money from three million dollars up to
six million dollars. So it's going to cost six million dollars.
This is not just a scheme where you just get
twelve thousand dollars. You have to put some money, your
own money into the skin in the game in relation
to buying the battery. So it's really a partnership between
(01:53):
the government and the private industry and people who want
to be able to take advantage of the scheme. We're
going to promote it because it's about renewal energy, it's
about lowering the cost of living, and we're going to
work with own owners and also business owners to allow
people to have those batteries, reduce the cost of living
and basically had their own little virtual poal plan at
home where they can operate as they see fit.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Deputy Chief Minister. When the former government changed the fall
of the solar feed in tariff for households, people were furious.
Territorians were absolutely furious about that change. As I understand it,
you have confirmed that the peak feed in tariff for
households is going to increase. What are Territorians going to
be able to get?
Speaker 2 (02:35):
Look, I understand why territories are furists because the Labor
government promised not to change those feed in tariffs for
those grandfather but people already had it and then they
broke that promise and did it. The coealp have been
very clear leading up to the election that we are
going to double the feed in tariff to up to
just over eighteen cents during peak times, which is between
three pm and nine pm during the day in the evening.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Is it going to cause stress though for the whole system?
I mean, is this something that is going to put
real pressure on our networks.
Speaker 2 (03:07):
Ultimately, the plan is to be able to these people
have the soulars during the day, the battery at night
and operate independently from the system. And of course they
can bring power in if they're using more power during
the evening. But we want to try and do is
ease that cost of living and also ease the burden
on the power and water. In relation to this view,
we know that in territory we have lots of sun
(03:27):
maybe not that the last few days there's been raining
a little bit, but ultimately we've got a fair bit
of sunshine up here. So we're encouraging people to take
advantage off the scheme, buy some batteries, will chip in,
you chip in and ultimately loveel that cost of living
and over renewable energy.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
So Minister, as I touched on, we know the former
government made changes to this people are furious about it
is what you have now announced earlier in the week.
Does that actually take people back to the promise that
the former government had said that they weren't going to break.
Is it as good as as what they thought they
were going to get.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
No, I don't think it's as good. We've double the
feed in tariff up to eighteen just over eighteen, Killer Watson,
our I don't have soul panels. I think it was
higher than that previously. But what we are trying to
do is just give a bonus. If you are going
to conserve energy and you want export into to the system,
you can do that. And it's at eighteen just over eighteen.
Then's perticular? What hour? All right?
Speaker 1 (04:22):
And when is that going to come in to effect
the feed in tariff changes? Because I know from December
one is where we're going to see a boost to
the battery scheme as I understand it. But when is
it for the feed in tariff?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yeah, that's correct. So the battery start December one, which
is Sunday, and the feed in tariff starts on July one,
twenty twenty five, So next financial year next year?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
How come not until next year for that one.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
We're just waiting the Power and Water tell us that
are doing a system upgrade in early twenty twenty five
and it will just go hand in hand with our
system upgrade and then we've just basically picked the new
financial year to kick it off.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
All right now, Minister, I do just want to move
along because we know that we've spoken quite a bit
this week in fact about the territories gas supplies and
the concerns of potential blackouts caused by issues without supply.
Bill Yan has now confirmed that the government's suing our
major gas supplier over supply curtailment that has forced the
(05:18):
government to seek fuel and other short term deals. Now
the Order to General says this has led to a
forty eight point three million dollar fiscal deterioration for Power
and Water Corporation. Deputy Chief Minister, this is a massive
cost and a real concern to Territorians who want to
keep the lights on. Where are these proceedings.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
At look, Ultimately there are proceedings on foot in ration
at so I can't talk too much about that, but
what I can say is that our government have secured
emergency arrangements in relation to the gas producers in Middle
Arm to be able to keep the lights on. So
there's no problems the lights they are going to be on.
We're going to be generating power. But it just really
goes to show you how the previous government dropped the
(06:01):
ball in relation to gas. We've got the bea Looo
sitting just to the south of us years and years
in years worth of gas and we are now having
to spend this money because the Labor government dropped the ball.
So what we're doing is we're promoting Bede Loo and
I've been down in myself a few weeks ago and
we want to get that kicking off as much as
we can. We're doing our soul a feed in tariff
and battery bonus now as well to be able to
(06:23):
get those batteries to ease the pressure on power, water
and also the cost of living. So we're taking these steps,
but ultimately, we've only been in office for thirteen or
fourteen weeks. We've done a lot, but we can't do
things quickly overnight. We have to get it done right.
So we're trying our best and we're just doing all
these things to make sure that the power stays on
(06:45):
and also the cost of living is ease through the battery.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
It seems like it seems crazy that we are in
a situation where we've got these gas reserves in the
Northern Territory. But the potential here is from what the
Chiefs Minister it even said to us earlier in the week,
is that you know it may be situation where We're
then having to buy gas from Queen Zone or have
it exported then to us from Queen Zone. Like that's
quite unbelievable.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
It's just absolutely crazy. You know, ultimately, we know the
b loose there. The Labor government had eight years to
get it up and running and get it into the market.
They failed and that you know, ultimately some of the
previous government couldn't even say the word gas, Katie.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
It's true. I know it was during the week that was.
I usually wouldn't agree with everything a ministersease, but it
is true.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
Jared, Well, unlike myself, look and our government, we support
gas fully. We want to get that gas out of
the ground. We're not going to cutting corner. We're going
to do it right, don't get me wrong. But we
need to make sure we get that happening quickly. And
that's why the Charity Coordinator has been introduced to be
able to allow industry and not just the gas industry,
but right across the territory to move some of those
(07:49):
roadblocks and get things happening in the charitory and to
rebuild our economy, because that's what one of the platforms
we went to election on. We want to make things safe.
We want to rebuild the economy and also restore our lifestyle.
Speaker 1 (07:59):
You mentioned that that territory coordinator role, and I know
earlier in the week you had about one hundred protesters.
I believe maybe it was more or less. I'm not
sure outside of Parliament house protesting that that position. I mean,
what do you say to Territorians that are maybe a
little bit concerned about this territory coordinator role. I guess
(08:19):
you know, the fact is that the territory coordinator is
not only going to be looking at gas projects, is
he No.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
He's him looking at any project right across the Northern churchy.
If there's a projects of significance, and there's it can
be brought into the church of coordinator and then the
church or coordinator can help it facilitate the program and
right through the government, facility industry. Wultimately, what we want, Katie,
is the territory quider is sitting there tilling their thumbs
doing nothing, because that means the government processes are working well.
(08:47):
But what I do say to those people out there
is go and read the information yourself. Going out, there's
a whole information on our website if you want to
contact any electoral officers that I've all got guides and
information about how that works, and I invite you to
go and have your say. That's open right now. This
particular piece of legislation is going to be tabled next year,
so all through the Christmas period as an opportunity to
(09:09):
have your say, we invite as many people as possible
to have your say in those processes. What I say
to them, go read the information, put your submission in.
I say that to industry, put your submission in so
we can get all the information together and if we
need to tweak the legislation, we will, and then we'll
bring it into the House and then we're going to
actually refer to the Scrutiny Committee as well. So I
really can't think of too much more legislation that hasn't
(09:32):
undergone as much public scrutiny as possible to be able
to make sure this legislation is fit for purpose and
of course makes it easy to do business in the
Northern Territory Jared.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Mainly before I let you go. The Northern Territory government
has indeed written to the dah and port operator land
Bridge seeking information after learning that it is facing fresh
financial woes. What could this all mean? Could it mean
that this lease with land Bridge comes to an end?
Speaker 2 (10:00):
Well, look, old mkay, I think it's too early to tell.
We certainly don't want to go and start rumors and
make information at not true. What we need to do
is sit back. We need to make sure we look
at all the facts. We need to go to that organization.
I know the Treasurer is going into camberd today to
speak to people about it. We need to speak to
that organization and we need to make sure we know
exactly what the situation is and it needs to be
resolved as quick as possible.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
All right, Well, Deputy Chief Minister and also Minister for Renewables,
Jared Mayley, really appreciate your time this morning. I know
it's a busy day with Parliament sitting. We'll catch up
with you again very soon.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Thank you, Katie, Thank you,
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