Electricity Generation

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:42): Supplementary: would the Treasurer advise the house how much taxpayers' money he plans to spend on these diesel generators that he plans to rarely operate?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (14:42): First of all, Business SA made an assumption that the statewide blackout cost the state over $400 million. Our Energy Plan has allocated $550 million towards it. If our temporary generation and our permanent generation—which is the total $360 million envelope, which we have said many times—stops one blackout, it has paid for itself.