Which green?

Opposition to the Baird government’s electricity privatisation plans has galvanised a preference deal between Labor and the Greens in the lead-up to the NSW state election.

“The Greens have taken the same view as Labor that privatising the electricity network is a bad deal for NSW, so we’re happy to enter into a preference agreement with them.”

You would think that privatising the electricity network would naturally lead to higher electricity prices which would then act to reduce electricity consumption and thus reduce green house gas emissions, all of which looks pretty green to me.

Or is that an entirely different shade of green do you think?