A hundred neighbourhood batteries will be installed across Victoria under a new Labor promise as the party spruiks its election plans on energy.
In Melbourne's outer east on Thursday, Premier Daniel Andrews announced his government would spend $42 million to set up the batteries if re-elected on November 26.
"We think about 25,000 households will benefit from this," Mr Andrews told reporters at a bowls club in the seat of Bayswater, held by Labor on a wafer-thin margin.
Fifteen of the batteries will initially be installed in Melbourne and 13 in regional Victoria.
Labor has committed to work with community groups, local governments and distribution companies to identify locations for the remaining 72 batteries.
The batteries are expected to triple the number of Victorian homes with access to storage, allowing more to return surplus solar-generated electricity to the grid through feed-in tariffs.
Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio said the Andrews government planned to install all 100 batteries within the next term should it win another four years in office.
She said the batteries will drive down power bills, but she would not put a dollar figure on how much.
"The more neighbourhood batteries that we have, the cheaper the cost will be of poles and wires that they're required to pay off their bills, and of course the energy that they use," Ms D'Ambrosio said.
"We know that's ... one of the key solutions to us meeting our ambition to get to 95 per cent renewable energy."
With power prices increasing across Australia, Labor last month promised to re-enter the energy market with the revival of the State Electricity Commission, and to increase renewable energy targets if returned to office.
Liberal Leader Matthew Guy again focused on health on Thursday.
Speaking at Monash IVF in Clayton, Mr Guy said that, if elected, the coalition would cover the cost of IVF and egg freezing for women with serious medical concerns.
Some 750 women and girls with cancer, endometriosis and other gynaecological conditions would be eligible for grants of up to $7000.
"We want to take away that cost for young women and girls who might need to avail egg freezing into the future," Mr Guy told reporters.
The price of one round of elective egg freezing or IVF is about $5000 in Victoria.
Cost is a major barrier to many young women, says 35-year-old Melissa Hickson, who recently had her eggs frozen.
Ms Hickson needed to have the procedure done urgently after finding out she had a low egg reserve.
She said the grants would be a huge help to many young women.
"I do know people that are similar age to me that haven't done it and won't do it because they just simply don't have the funds to do it," Ms Hickson told reporters alongside Mr Guy.
It is expected the program would cost $21 million over four years, and comes on top of the coalition's previous $160 million pledge to provide grants of $4500 for IVF and other fertility treatments.
Early voting for the Victorian election opens on Monday.
