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Rachael Ward and Callum Godde

State-owned power body to be included in constitution

Laws to resurrect Victoria's Electricity Commission under Labor have passed the state parliament. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

Victoria's constitution will be altered to include Labor's signature election promise to revive the State Electricity Commission after a surprise change of heart from crossbenchers.

State-owned electricity assets were privatised in the 1990s and former-Labor premier Daniel Andrews vowed to bring back the government-owned renewable energy company if his party won a third term in 2022.

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