Labor is delivering an Australianfirst battery in the Latrobe Valley to drive down power pricesThe SECs fourth project SEC Energy Works near Morwell is a 143hectare site that will host multiple renewable energy technologiesThese technologies will stabilise the grid and help lower power bills for VictoriansThe first project is the SEC Compressed Air Battery SEC CAB a 20megawatt closedloop compressed CO2 batteryThis Australian first technology will be able to hold three times the electricity of a largescale lithiumion batteryIt will store cheap renewable electricity generated during the day and release it back into the grid overnight putting downward pressure on energy pricesThis zero emissions battery will be delivered by Energy Dome and will support up to 66 jobs and the regions transition from coalThe SEC will continue to add projects to the site expanding renewable energy and storage in the Latrobe ValleyThis investment is part of Labors Victorian Energy Jobs Plan which is delivering more than 18 billion in wages to regional Victorian workers by 2040 and 46 billion in LatrobeGippsland region aloneOnly Labor will maintain the lowest electricity prices in the country deliver the replacement energy infrastructure needed to keep the lights on and put regional jobs firstTo build the workforce Victoria needs for its energy future Labor has established the SEC Apprenticeship Academy which will provide 2000 electrical trade apprenticeships over four yearsJess Wilsons Liberal One Nation Coalition will privatise the SEC again and stop the energy transition ripping this 18 billion in wages from regional workers sending power bills skyrocketing and letting the lights go outWhat is Jess Wilsons plan to keep the lights on in Victoria Will she bow down to her One Nation colleagues and put expensive toxic nuclear power plants across regional VictoriaQuotes attributable to Minister for the State Electricity Commission Lily DAmbrosioLabor has turned the Latrobe Valley into one of the best places to invest in energy in the countryThis Australianfirst battery will help lower power prices and increase gird reliability for households and industryJess Wilsons Liberal One Nation Coalition want to replace this with nuclear power nuclear waste and 40 billion in cutsQuotes attributable to Member for Eastern Victoria Tom McIntoshThe Liberal One Nation Coalition will tear up Labors Regional Energy Jobs Guarantee and rip away 462 billion in local wages for our LatrobeGippsland region Our community cant afford the Liberal One Nation CoalitionLabor is creating jobs in the Latrobe Valley right now Jess Wilson and One Nation will take this away from local workers and increase their power prices
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Tender Reference No.
535143571
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Publication Date
11 Jul 2026
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Energy, Power and Electrical
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News
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Location
Australia
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