The Baird government is preparing to privatise electricity distribution at the exact time vulnerable consumers need the state’s protection from energy poverty

A NSW parliamentary inquiry will table its findings into the Baird government’s proposal to privatise the state’s distribution and transmission assets on Tuesday.

Just a week before the inquiry began last month, US electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla released details of its home, business and utility-scale batteries.

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