The Victorian government registered the State Electricity Commission as a company less than 24 hours before it unveiled a 10-year “strategic plan” at an energy conference with tech billionaire turned environmentalist Mike Cannon-Brookes.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan took to social media last week to announce the SEC had officially been registered with ASIC, more than a year after Labor announced the plan to “bring back the SEC” to help win the November 2022 election.