The electrification of NSW homes starts with banning new home gas connections

Today Abigail gave notice of a motion calling for NSW to ban new gas in homes by 2024, following the Victorian Government's announcement to do just this.

Abigail gave notice of the following motion:

(1) That this House notes that:

(a) energy provision is an essential public service which has been predominantly privatised in New South Wales,

(b) wealthier people are able to access cheaper energy sources more easily than people on lower incomes,

(d) there are currently around 1.5 million homes in in New South Wales using gas, or with a gas connection, and another 35,000 are being added every year,

(e) gas is a fossil fuel, and one of the leading causes of the climate crisis, and the best way to reduce the climate impact of households is for them to go all electric,

(f) in addition to being expensive and polluting, gas is also unhealthy with research showing that using gas in our homes causes up to 12 per cent of childhood asthma, and

(g) making the switch from gas to electric will immediately benefit households by delivering cost of living relief from energy bills and price shocks.

(2) That this House notes that the:

(a) Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, last week announced gas connections would be banned in new homes and government buildings built from next year, and

(b) electrifying a household is estimated to save $1,000 on the average annual energy bill, or $2,200 for a household with solar installed, while also reducing emissions.

(3) That this House calls on the Government to commence the electrification of New South Wales homes by banning new residential gas connections by 1 July 2024.

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NSW is missing out on tens of billions of dollars. By introducing a progressive coal royalty structure similar to the one in Queensland, we would have raised an extra $20 billion last year.

The NSW Government owns and controls, on behalf of the people of this state, the rights to the minerals and materials that naturally occur in NSW land.

Huge fossil fuel companies are only able to extract and sell these commodities with the consent of the State. It’s time they paid a fair price for that privilege.

The fossil fuel industry has made hundreds of billions of dollars out of their cosy relationship with governments. Granted permission to extract and sell coal, these large multinational fossil fuel corporations pay just over 7% in royalties back to the people of NSW – keeping the rest as mega-profits for themselves. These companies have a track record of taking more than their fair share and leaving communities suffering and stranded with poisoned groundwater, devastated landscapes and a stranded workforce when it suits their business models.

Globally, the hyper-inflation of fossil fuel prices driven by price-gouging opportunism and war profiteering from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has delivered record windfall profits to these already obscenely wealthy corporations. In the last year, NSW coal exports totaled over $70 billion dollars, but the people of NSW will only see about 7 cents in every dollar, or about $6 billion dollars of that amount.

Rather than going toward schools, hospitals and public infrastructure, billions of dollars went into the pockets of multinational mining corporations. The Greens believe there should be more money for schools and hospitals and less for mining billionaires.

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The electrification of NSW homes starts with banning new home gas connections

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