Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has slammed the Coalition’s decision to quietly delay the final report of its own inquiry into household electrification, arguing the opposition was putting political considerations ahead of policies that would likely drive down energy bills.

Proponents say if households switched from gas to electricity for cooking and heating, and adopted rooftop solar, electric vehicles and home batteries, it would save them money and reduce the number of new power plants and transmission lines required to transition Australia’s grid to clean sources of energy.