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title: "Building electrification: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 5 March 2025) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported the Legislative Council noting concerns about the Victorian building electrification regulatory impact statement, including unreleased submissions and modelling, and the Energy Networks Australia findings on costs and reliability. Defeated 15 to 19 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 5 March 2025. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2025-03-05/1"
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Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 5 March 2025 · [Energy](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=energy) 

# Building electrification: motions

Voting yes supported the Legislative Council noting concerns about the Victorian building electrification regulatory impact statement, including unreleased submissions and modelling, and the Energy Networks Australia findings on costs and reliability.

Defeated **15** yes **19** no 

The question put

That this house notes that: (1) the Victorian government’s building electrification regulatory impact statement (RIS), if implemented, will have a significant effect on households and businesses; (2) submissions to the: (a) building electrification RIS closed on 28 February 2025; (b) minimum standards for rental properties and rooming houses regulatory impact statement closed on 1 July 2024; (3) submissions to both paragraph (2)(a) and (b) have not been made public; (4) the Deloitte modelling which informed and guided the building electrification RIS has not been released publicly, in particular assumptions underlying the modelling; (5) the Energy Networks Australia submission that has been released lists as its key findings: (a) Victorians will pay an additional $22 billion over the next 20 years; (b) no real emissions reduction, as any savings are largely wiped out in the first five years, with minimal long-term impact; (c) inadequate supply of renewables and storage, and increased demand will push up prices, especially during peak periods when gas traditionally provides reliability; (d) families will be forced to transition off gas, regardless of their financial situation or mar

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 13 no  
13 members

  - No [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan)
  - No [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney)
  - No [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing)
  - No [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt)
  - No [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora)
  - No [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes)
  - No [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger)
  - No [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis)
  - No [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn)
  - No [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor)
  - No [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane)
  - No [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt)
  - No [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh)
- Liberal All yes 9 yes · 0 no  
9 members

  - Yes [Bev McArthur](https://politics.computer/mp/bev-mcarthur)
  - Yes [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis)
  - Yes [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland)
  - Yes [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier)
  - Yes [Joe McCracken](https://politics.computer/mp/joe-mccracken)
  - Yes [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath)
  - Yes [Richard Welch](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-welch)
  - Yes [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu)
  - Yes [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell)
- Greens All no 0 yes · 4 no  
4 members

  - No [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli)
  - No [Anasina Gray-Barberio](https://politics.computer/mp/anasina-gray-barberio)
  - No [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey)
  - No [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - No [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis
  - No [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis
  - Yes [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals
  - Yes [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals
  - Yes [Moira Deeming](https://politics.computer/mp/moira-deeming) Family First
  - Yes [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party
  - Yes [Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/rikkie-lee-tyrrell) One Nation
  - Yes [Jeff Bourman](https://politics.computer/mp/jeffrey-bourman) Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

[All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) 

Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-30009#division-marker-1). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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