The Green Power purchase target covers all electricity contracts entered into by departments and agencies in the general government budget sector, except those facilities listed below.

The government budget sector includes entities which source 50% or more funding through appropriations and which are directly accountable to Parliament through Ministers.

For more information on Green Power and its associated benefits see www.greenpower.com.au

Facilities not included in the target

There are specified limited exemptions to the target.

It does not apply to the supply of electricity to acute health services, i.e. public hospitals and sub-acute and aged care services where these are colocated with public hospitals.

There is broad public interest in ensuring that acute health services maintain high standards of environmental performance, including energy efficiency.

A number of major Victorian hospitals produce electricity using cogeneration, a method of generating electricity that is less greenhouse gas intensive than power generated from brown coal.

The Department of Human Services and Sustainability Victoria are carrying out cogeneration feasibility studies for hospitals.

For an example of a current project with Sustainability Victoria see Maribyrnong City Council Installation of a Cogeneration facility to save 15,000 GJ and $20,000 pa