Claire Birch from Indigo Power, spoke about community energy hubs at Meet and Mingle in June.
“Our purpose is, to enable a society that is powered by 100% renewable energy, in a way that supports and empowers communities,” Claire said.
She said about $160 million paid out of our region alone in electricity bills, was pretty alarming money that could be better paid to local energy providers.
Claire explained that Indigo Power is community owned by shareholders and most of its work is in North Eastern Victoria and southern NSW through 95 energy hubs, including Benalla.
“With your help, we’re building community energy hubs in towns across this area. We’ve partnered with 15 community energy groups, from Albury to Seymour, to deliver clean energy solutions, community energy hubs, and local renewable generation and storage”, she said.
Customers with solar panels generate the energy that other customers can use, or Indigo Power will generate it at its community-owned solar power systems, she said.
Claire explained that even people who don’t have solar panels can be important participants in a community’s energy hub, and be able to have their electricity supplied by Indigo Power.
Indigo Power is a community of energy users and creators. “Join in by signing up to your community energy hub with our electricity plan. Together we can power our region with 100% renewable energy,” she said.
James Harrison, a Ukulele teacher, is our guest speaker at Meet and Mingle on Wednesday 20 July at 10am in our U3A room. James will outline his experiences as a ukulele teacher and will play a few songs for us. He has even agreed to a little Community Singing if the audience would like that. So, for a fun filled Wednesday morning, come along to Meet and Mingle on 20 July. Everyone is welcome.
David Palmer and Margaret Jenkins
“Our purpose is, to enable a society that is powered by 100% renewable energy, in a way that supports and empowers communities,” Claire said.
She said about $160 million paid out of our region alone in electricity bills, was pretty alarming money that could be better paid to local energy providers.
Claire explained that Indigo Power is community owned by shareholders and most of its work is in North Eastern Victoria and southern NSW through 95 energy hubs, including Benalla.
“With your help, we’re building community energy hubs in towns across this area. We’ve partnered with 15 community energy groups, from Albury to Seymour, to deliver clean energy solutions, community energy hubs, and local renewable generation and storage”, she said.
Customers with solar panels generate the energy that other customers can use, or Indigo Power will generate it at its community-owned solar power systems, she said.
Claire explained that even people who don’t have solar panels can be important participants in a community’s energy hub, and be able to have their electricity supplied by Indigo Power.
Indigo Power is a community of energy users and creators. “Join in by signing up to your community energy hub with our electricity plan. Together we can power our region with 100% renewable energy,” she said.
James Harrison, a Ukulele teacher, is our guest speaker at Meet and Mingle on Wednesday 20 July at 10am in our U3A room. James will outline his experiences as a ukulele teacher and will play a few songs for us. He has even agreed to a little Community Singing if the audience would like that. So, for a fun filled Wednesday morning, come along to Meet and Mingle on 20 July. Everyone is welcome.
David Palmer and Margaret Jenkins
