❓ Mr. Zempilas questions the government's Clean Energy Fund, focusing on investment details, replacement of coal-fired power with intermittent renewables, and the feasibility of project timelines given infrastructure construction norms.

I refer to the Government's April 2026 announcement of a $1.4 billion Clean Energy Fund and ask:(a) How much has the Government invested to date to reach the current stage of CEL North and how much more is estimated to be required by 2027;(b) Of the $1.4 billion in this CEF announcement, how much will be allocated specifically to the CEL East project;(c) Noting that coal accounted for 29% of SWIS energy in 2024 and provided what the September 2025 Transmission Plan labelled 'consistent and firm generation', assuming the Government retires all state-owned coal by 2030, and CEL North and East only deliver 3 gigawatts of intermittent renewable energy, what is the specific guarantee that this replaces the lost firm capacity, given peak demand hit a record 4,484 MW in early 2025; and(d) The September 2025 Transmission Plan stated that construction of this type of infrastructure typically takes 5 to 10 years. With CEL East targeted for completion in the second half of 2029, which is less than four years from the funding announcement, what technical or procurement shortcuts are being relied upon to avoid the standard 10-year construction timeline? I refer to the Government's April 2026 announcement of a $1.4 billion Clean Energy Fund and ask: (a) How much has the Government invested to date to reach the current stage of CEL North and how much more is estimated to be required by 2027; (b) Of the $1.4 billion in this CEF announcement, how much will be allocated specifically to the CEL East project; (c) Noting that coal accounted for 29% of SWIS energy in 2024 and provided what the September 2025 Transmission Plan labelled 'consistent and firm generation', assuming the Government retires all state-owned coal by 2030, and CEL North and East only deliver 3 gigawatts of intermittent renewable energy, what is the specific guarantee that this replaces the lost firm capacity, given peak demand hit a record 4,484 MW in early 2025; and (d) The September 2025 Transmission Plan stated that construction of this type of infrastructure typically takes 5 to 10 years. With CEL East targeted for completion in the second half of 2029, which is less than four years from the funding announcement, what technical or procurement shortcuts are being relied upon to avoid the standard 10-year construction timeline?