The new South Australian government has signalled it will sign up to the Turnbull government's national energy guarantee, but wants to see the modelling first.
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"We want the most reliable energy in the country, and to do that we need a national approach," Premier Steven Marshall told ABC radio on Monday.
Unlike the ousted Weatherill government, he will ensure the Energy Security Board is given the opportunity to do its modelling before a decision is made, he said.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday said the election of the Marshall government "improved considerably" the likelihood the national energy guarantee would be approved by COAG.
Mr Turnbull also claimed the SA Liberal win as a strong voter endorsement of the federal government's policy.
The new premier said his government rejected Labor's "go-it-alone policy settings" on energy.
"I genuinely believe that a national approach is in the best interests of our state."
But Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who represents SA, warned Mr Marshall and Mr Turnbull would be foolish to attack renewables.
"Think twice before coming after South Australia and our renewable energy industry," she told Sky News.
"We're not interested. South Australians love their renewable energy, they love their solar panels on their roofs, they love the big new battery that's already having downward pressure on prices."
The federal government's NEG will be back on the table at a Council of Australian Governments ministerial meeting in April.
The ACT was the only other jurisdiction resisting the policy.
Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said the position of the new SA government, joining all other governments, would likely see the ACT also get on board.
"I cannot see the ACT holding out as a lone objector to a national solution that is so badly needed," he told ABC radio.
Australian Associated Press