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The Carroll Labor Governments publicly owned SEC is slashing electricity bills for Victorian public schoolsThe SEC has already found an estimated 440000 in annual savings across 21 schools by reviewing their electricity network charges and moving them onto better tariffsSchools are saving thousands of dollars each year freeing up funds to improve schools and support studentsThe biggest savings include 75000 a year at Wulerrp Secondary College more than 64000 at Balambalam Primary School in Clyde North and 62000 at Kuyim Primary School in PakenhamThe SEC found some schools were paying for more electricity network capacity than they needed while others were on tariffs that did not suit how they used powerIt worked with electricity distributors to reduce unnecessary charges and move schools onto better tariffsNetwork charges make up around 45 per cent of an electricity bill on average meaning getting schools onto the right tariff can deliver significant savingsNow the SEC is taking the work statewide launching a new Network Tariff Optimisation Tool to identify potential savings across thousands of government sites at onceAround 1400 Victorian government schools are currently having their network tariffs reviewed helping find more savings that can be invested back into schoolsThe SEC is supplying 100 per cent renewable electricity to 4400 Victorian government sites and operationsLabor brought back the SEC after it was sold off by the Kennett Liberal Government putting a publicly owned energy company back to work for VictoriansWhile Labor is delivering more renewable energy to bring down power bills Jess Wilsons One NationLiberal Coalition wants to rip up renewable projects risking higher bills and blackoutsQuotes attributable to Minister for Energy and Resources Jaclyn SymesOur publicly owned SEC is saving schools hundreds of thousands of dollars on their power bills with those savings going back into improving our schools and supporting studentsThe Liberals sold off the SEC under Jeff Kennett and theyll do it again ripping up renewable energy projects and putting Victorians at risk of higher power bills and blackoutsQuote attributable to Minister for Education Gabrielle WilliamsEvery dollar we save schools on their power bills is money they can put towards better classrooms more resources and giving Victorian kids a great education
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