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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2021-09-07" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="202109079a84cffa69864872a0001610">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Switch for Solar</name>
      <text id="202109079a84cffa69864872a0001611">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Switch for Solar</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="543" kind="question">
        <name>Ms BEDFORD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Florey</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-06-23" qonNum="533">
            <name>Switch for Solar</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="202109079a84cffa69864872a0001612">
          <inserted>533 <by role="member" id="543">Ms BEDFORD (Florey)</by> (23 June 2021).  How was it decided which suburbs would be chosen to participate in and have access to the Switch for Solar Scheme?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4342" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Stuart</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-06-23" qonNum="533">
            <name>Switch for Solar</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="202109079a84cffa69864872a0001613">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4342">The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining):</by>
          </inserted>
        </text>
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          <inserted>I am advised by the Department for Energy and Mining (the department) that the suburbs chosen to participate in and have access to the Switch for Solar scheme were selected by the department based on the number of eligible concession holders living in the region and the region's capacity to host additional rooftop solar systems. The department consulted with SA Power Networks to identify suburbs that were best able to accommodate additional solar capacity to ensure participants are able to receive the maximum benefits from the trial.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202109079a84cffa69864872a0001615">
          <inserted>Suburbs selected for this trial include Hope Valley, Banksia Park, Tea Tree Gully, Vista, Modbury, Modbury Heights, Modbury North, Felixstow, Campbelltown, Newton, Paradise, Athelstone, Dernancourt, Holden Hill, Highbury, Redwood Park and Ridgehaven, and Goolwa and Hindmarsh Island in regional South Australia. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202109079a84cffa69864872a0001616">
          <inserted>Subject to the success of the trial, the state government hopes to roll out the program more widely.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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