POLICY

Haines introduces Local Power Agency bill

INDEPENDENT Member for Indi Helen Haines has tabled a bill to federal parliament which seeks to establish a new Australian Local Power Agency, that would underwrite investments into community-owned renewable energy projects.

 Wants to drive community-backed renewables projects

Wants to drive community-backed renewables projects

The body would sit alongside other government-backed groups like the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and would start with an initial fund of A$310 million to...

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