Meeting with Australia's utility leaders at the Smart Electricity World conference in June, serious debate concerning industry innovation, strategy and investment took place. As a speaker on the first day, I discussed the Government's role in fostering innovation for a progressive energy landscape and the role of collaborative multi-state planning for smart grid infrastructure. The Victorian Government has a key role to play in developing policy to support the adoption of smart energy solutions and provide appropriate frameworks to foster innovation. It can provide investment certainty for investment in innovation, providing incentives to support smart energy technology, pursuing and implementing key initiatives, and promoting customer engagement of initiatives.
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