Regional Australia feeds the nation, and now regional Australia is being asked to power the nation.
Rural and regional communities deserve to be at the heart of energy transition – our communities must be empowered to benefit from large scale solar, wind and battery projects built close to us.
Community energy that is owned, generated, stored in the regions would bring energy security to country towns and lower power bills for households.
In 2020, I brought the Local Power Plan to Parliament and today I was pleased that the Independent Member for Wentworth introduced her People Power Plan.
We both want to see people at the heart of the renewable energy transition.