AusNet last week announced 24 recipients will receive over $650,000 in grants from AusNet’s Energy Resilience Community Fund, including projects in Lakes Entrance and Mallacoota.
Executive general manager distribution, Andrew Linnie, said the company is pleased to be able to help make a difference through the fund.
“The Energy Resilience Community Fund was created to enable projects that will build long-term community energy resilience and provide support to communities during recovery the recovery phase of severe weather events which significantly impact the network,” Mr Linnie said.
AusNet established the $12 million Energy Resilience Community Fund following the storms in February this year. Before last week, $3 million had already been distributed to help support impacted communities.
Eighteen Energy Resilience Grants have been awarded, totalling close to $535,000, while six Energy Education and Literacy Grants of over $116,000 have also been provided.
“I’d like to congratulate all round one grant recipients. Their commitment to building energy resilience and fostering local education and literacy is commendable. The projects will deliver important and impactful change to these communities,” Mr Linnie said.
Funded energy resilience projects include stand-alone power systems and generators for local community and emergency services infrastructure and small businesses that act as resilience and relief hubs during severe weather events and prolonged outages.
LOCAL PROJECTS
Lakes Entrance – Australian Volunteer Coast Guard – Lakes Entrance Volunteer Coastguard – Energy Resilience Project 2024: A solar PV and battery system will be installed on the Coast Guard operational base in Lakes Entrance to provide a robust a power supply. This is so the base can continue to provide emergency services during supply outages, as well as a powered community shelter during natural disasters. $28,000.
