{"id":28602,"date":"2018-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/minister-says-sa-s-latest-renewables-target-is-madness\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T00:00:00","slug":"minister-says-sa-s-latest-renewables-target-is-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/minister-says-sa-s-latest-renewables-target-is-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Says SA\u2019s Latest Renewables Target Is \u201cMadness\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A re-elected Labor government will increase SA\u2019s renewable energy target to 75 per cent by 2025, Premier Jay Weatherill announced on Wednesday.<\/h3>\n<p>The new target would see South Australia produce three quarters of its electricity from wind, solar, pumped hydro or hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the state produces 48.9 per cent of its power from renewables.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg told FIVEAA the 75 per cent target was \u201cmadness\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cJay Weatherill is like a problem gamblers who\u2019s doubling down chasing his loses,\u201d Mr Frydenberg told Leon Byner.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cWe know here in South Australia the average household is paying 20 per cent more for their power than they are in other states.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cSince South Australia Labor introduced in 2014 a 50 per cent renewable energy target, power bills have gone up substantially &#8212; about $500 dollars.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Labor sets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SthAus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SthAus<\/a> a goal of being 75% dependent on renewables by 2025. <br><br>\u201cMadness\u201d,  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshFrydenberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoshFrydenberg<\/a> tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1395FIVEAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@1395FIVEAA<\/a>, \u201cJay is like a problem gambler doubling down on losses.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIVEAANews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIVEAANews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yMgD6DvGCv\">pic.twitter.com\/yMgD6DvGCv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Matthew Pantelis  (@MatthewPantelis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewPantelis\/status\/966083992125505543?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A re-elected Labor government will increase SA\u2019s renewable energy target to 75 per cent by 2025, Premier Jay Weatherill announced on Wednesday. The new target would see South Australia produce three quarters of its electricity from wind, solar, pumped hydro or hydrogen. Currently the state produces 48.9 per cent of its power from renewables. 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