John Lloyd, convenor of  Renewable Energy Benalla, a BSFG action group, has been liaising with and sharing information about Indigo Power as it has developed to become our local community provider.  Community Energy Hubs and Indigo Power were launched online via a Covid-19 required webinar a couple of weeks ago. 

Hint - the webinar begins five minutes in; prior to that people begin arriving.

John responded to Indigo Power's suggestion during the webinar that people to compare their rates with their current energy retailer and was agreeably surprised to find that Indigo Power rates were very competitive. 

Would you like to find out more?  Check out the brochure on Indigo Power and the Benalla Community Hub below. Considering joining? Check out the following information...

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Electricity generation is the largest driver of climate change and bills take over $160 million out of our region each year. Together we can change that.  We employ local people and will invest half of any profits in renewable energy projects in our communities.
 
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As a customer, you’ll be connected to your community energy hub where you can keep track of the energy generated and shared between you and your neighbours. We’re also building local clean energy generation and storage for extra supply.
 
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Retail energy provided by Indigo Power Services. Indigo Power Services is a trading name of Energy Locals Pty Ltd, ABN 23606408879, a licensed energy retailer.

​A post for Benalla Sustainable Future Group members and friends from BSFT president, John Lloyd.

There have been lots of developments around energy retailers of late but DC Power is a little different. For example it is aiming to be crowd funded and hopes to become a dedicated solar company.

BSFG recently made a presentation to council about community renewable energy, including seeking support from council to apply for funding from the New Energy Jobs Fund to develop a Future Energy Plan for Benalla.  

The council asked Larissa Montgomery and Veronica Schilling to write a report which will be presented to the Policy and Development Committee on Wednesday 15th June. The report is very detailed and very positive and well worth reading.

This report is included in the agenda documents for the Policy & Development committee meeting of June 15th  (refer pages 20 to 26) on the council website,  The recommendations in the report are very positive.
 
This meeting is a public meeting, as was the meeting in May when I made the presentation on behalf of BSFG. I was overwhelmed by the number of BSFG members who came along to that meeting to support the presentation.

The meeting on Wednesday 15th is another important meeting as the council's Policy & Development committee will decide whether they accept the recommendations and what actions they will take.

​Once again I believe it would be a good idea if some members of BSFG were in attendance to hear the discussion and the decision that council makes about this issue.

The report is the third item on the agenda and should be discussed shortly after 6 pm.  If you intend to go to hear the discussion and the decision you should probably arrive by 6 pm or very shortly after. The meeting will take place in the Council Chambers in Mair Street.

John Lloyd,
BSFG President