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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 326 asked in the Legislative Council on 28 June 2017 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1


SOUTH WEST INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM — SOLAR PANELS
      326. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the Minister for Energy:
      (1) What was the total number of residential connections to solar panels in the south west interconnected system for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016?
      (2) What is the total number of residential connections to solar panels in the south west interconnected system at the most recent date in 2017?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The answer to part (1) is in tabular form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.
Leave granted.
The following material was incorporated —
(1)
          YEAR
          RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS TO SOLAR PANELS
          2010
          Numbers cannot be readily obtained due to the merger of Synergy and Verve Energy. Numbers may be able to be retrieved if more time is given through the parliamentary process.
          2011
          2012
          2013
          2014
          The total number of residential solar premises connected across the SWIS as at the end of the calendar year was 155,632.
          2015
          The total number of residential solar premises connected across the SWIS as at the end of the calendar year was 179,237.
          2016
          The total number of residential solar premises connected across the SWIS as at the end of the calendar year was 201,921.

      (2) The total number is 213 475 as at the end of May 2017.