Victoria's ‘major’ concerns may prevent it signing national energy guarantee

'Turnbull is trying to get us to sign something that hasn't gone to his own party room - a place full of climate sceptics,' says Victoria's energy minister

Victoria is continuing to express "major" concerns about the federal government's national energy guarantee before make-or-break discussions on the proposal in August.

The state's energy minister Lily D'Ambrosio argues it would be a leap of faith to sign up when the Coalition party room is yet to formally tick off on the emissions reduction component of the Neg, and when federal government MPs are acting like "coal ideologues".