 MEUs served only inner Melbourne, and the supply of electricity to the rest of the state had to wait until the establishment of the SECV.Electricity pricing was set by the SECV, which set different tariffs for towns of different size, dependent on the costs of providing the electricity supply.Country interests argued that this was unfair to rural consumers, and in June 1928 a conference of rural and regional councils demanded the government equalise tariffs, but this was rejected by the Labor Government.