House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Generators Generators Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg Deputy Leader of the Opposition Generators Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:44): To the Minister for Energy: did the government seek any independent advice about exercising the purchase option now? The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly West Torrens Minister for Finance Minister for State Development Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Generators The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy) (14:44): We sought advice from Frontier Economics on the design of Our Energy Plan. We announced in March that we were purchasing these generators. We announced in the budget we were purchasing these generators. We've made it public that we want a brand-new state-owned gas-fired power plant. Why? Because members opposite sold our generation. Sir Thomas Playford still looks down disapprovingly on all of them opposite for selling those assets. We are going to start rebuilding and undoing the mess members opposite have done to the state. They told us, by selling ETSA, power prices would go down. How has that worked out? The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Is the Treasurer finished? The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS House of Assembly The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Yes. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: That was debate, Treasurer.