Premier Jay Weatherill On SA To Build Battery And Gas Plant

Published: March 14, 2017, 9:17 p.m.

Jodie & Soda questions Premier Jay Weatherill on a new $550million plan for South Australia to build battery and gas plant, will it resolve the state's energy crisis?

Premier Weatherill says the strategy will ensure the state's energy security, put downward pressure on electricity prices and create about 600 new jobs but the federal government says it will actually drive up prices and may fall foul of National Electricity Market rules.