RE-Alliance and the Community Power Agency – two organisations working for more than a decade with regional communities hosting large-scale renewable energy projects – welcome the $22.7 billion investment committed to Australia’s renewable energy...

RE-Alliance and the Community Power Agency, two organisations working for more than a decade with regional communities navigating large-scale renewable energy projects, have welcomed the detail provided by the Chair of the Net Zero...

Today’s response by the Energy and Climate Ministerial Council to Andrew Dyer’s Community Engagement Review means Australia can move forward in securing an energy transformation that delivers long-term benefits to regional Australia. RE-Alliance is...

Today the Community Engagement Review by Australia’s Energy Infrastructure Commissioner (AEIC) was released, with Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen accepting the recommendations “in principle”. Lines attributable to Andrew Bray, National Director of...

A new payment scheme for transmission hosts and neighbours in Queensland, announced by Queensland government-owned Powerlink, has been welcomed by community advocacy organisation RE-Alliance.  Queensland becomes the third state to offer payments to landholders...

The Federal Government will legislate a national Net Zero Authority to ensure workers, industries and communities in Australia’s traditional energy regions can “seize the opportunities of Australia’s net zero transformation.” RE-Alliance, an independent community-based...

A new payment scheme for Victorian farmers and landholders hosting transmission lines on their properties has been welcomed by community advocacy organisation, RE-Alliance. Under the scheme landholders will receive a $200,000 per kilometre payment,...

Reflecting local community needs, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) announced a new preferred route for the critical VNI West transmission line earlier today. RE-Alliance, an independent community-based organisation, welcomes this change as it...

The Victorian Government will use its powers to speed up the development of VNI West, the vital new interconnector between the Victorian and New South Wales electricity grids, and will engage communities to shape...

Earlier today, the Tasmanian government announced the start of the state’s first Renewable Energy Zone. RE-Alliance, an independent community-based organisation, welcomes this announcement as an opportunity to bring community interests and priorities into the...