Bryan Green might still be searching for Labor's values, but he's confirmed that value for Tasmanian electricity users isn't one of them, again voicing support for a carbon tax which means higher power prices.
The Liberal Government is committed to making energy a competitive advantage once again and ensuring we have the lowest possible power prices which are genuinely sustainable in the long-term.
Meanwhile, Labor's response to the release of our draft Energy Strategy is to call for Tasmanians to pay higher power prices.
The mindset shift on energy policy under the new Liberal Government couldn't be clearer.
We want to keep putting more downward pressure on prices and ensure our Government Energy Businesses are working for the benefit of Tasmanians.
Meanwhile Bryan Green fondly reminisces about the days when Tasmanians paid through the nose for our carbon-free energy, so that Labor and the Greens could have more money to waste.
Under Labor Governments power prices went up by 65 per cent in seven years. With the draft Energy Strategy we released yesterday that kind of exorbitant increase will not happen again. This year, we have seen power prices fall, saving a typical household $164 per year.
Labor is also completely out of touch when it comes to the Renewable Energy Target (RET).
The Liberal Government continues to advocate for a pro-Tasmanian outcome with increased reward for our Hydro generation and a full exemption for our trade-exposed major industrials.
Proposals now being discussed in Canberra incorporate many elements of the position we have been advocating for by proposing to exempt our major industrials, recognising more of Hydro Tasmania's generation, or both.
Unfortunately Tasmanian Labor continues to side with the Greens by ruling out supporting any target under 41,000 gigawatt hours, regardless of the benefit Tasmania may receive.
The Clean Energy Council and even Federal Labor have said that they will work to achieve agreement on a target below 41,000 gigawatt hours, provided it delivers good outcomes.
Apparently Bryan Green's federal colleagues didn't send him this memo and he has once again put himself in policy lockstep with the Greens.