Community Power Conference

Community Power Conference: Australian communities taking charge of their energy use

The Community Power Conference: Australian Communities Taking Charge, aims to showcase how regional Australian communities:

  • are developing innovative energy projects, helping to reduce local economic shocks
  • can take practical action to hedge against rising energy prices

The Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, in its third biennial conference on renewable energy, is partnering with the Central Victoria Solar City project, part of the Australian Government’s Solar Cities program, and the City of Greater Bendigo, to deliver an exciting exploration of current energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies and actions being taken by Australian communities.

This conference will show your community what it can do with regard to:

  • more efficient use of energy in homes and businesses
  • more effective demand management to smooth peak energy loads, and
  • developing local, renewable energy generators embedded within the national distribution network.

The conference will bring together leaders in the renewable energy industry including government, industry associations and communities which have adopted sustainable strategies built on innovative, renewable energy business models. Speakers will engage with community and municipality leaders:

  • Outlining and developing comprehensive strategies for local and regional energy sustainability (identifying appropriate business models, overcoming policy barriers, engaging your community, knowing your technology options);
  • Showcasing examples of regional communities that have already, or are in the process of putting such strategies in place; and,Reviewing and developing communities’ local and regional energy sustainability policy and programs.

If your community is facing increased energy costs and you would like to learn how to address this issue at the local level then this conference can help you.

To register please print and complete the registration form and fax to: (03) 5444 7998, scan and email to: p.ibbotson@latrobe.edu.au, or post to: CSRC, La Trobe University, PO Box 199, Bendigo 3552.

For conference enquiries please contact the Conference Manager, Patricia Ibbotson, on (03) 5444 7859 or by email p.ibbotson@latrobe.edu.au