Power Up Your Future: Proposed Community-Based Battery Microgrid

• Harrietville Meeting: Friday October 18th, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @ Harrietville Hotel Mote
  
• Bright Meeting: Thursday October 31st, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM @ Bright Senior Citizens HalL
  

Are you tired of soaring energy bills and worried about the reliability of our energy supply?
Sustainable Upper Ovens Inc (SUO) invites you to come along and learn about the proposed community-led battery microgrid projects for Bright and Harrietville.  

All home and business owners who are interested in reducing their electricity bills, and building their own and the community’s energy security and resilience during bushfires and extreme weather events, are encouraged to attend. The microgrid proposal will be especially relevant to homes and businesses that can’t put solar panels on their roofs. But there’s also something for homes and businesses with solar panels, a solar battery, or an electric vehicle in the proposed microgrid. Energy costs hurt all of us. But localised solar electricity production and battery storage on homes and businesses can help change this if members of each community work together.

What is a battery microgrid?
 In its simplest form, it is just a group of home batteries working together to achieve better energy use outcomes for all participants in the microgrid. And when the main grid power goes down, it has the potential to provide a back-up source of power for those same microgrid participants. Sustainable Upper Ovens has been working closely with Indigo Power, RMIT and
Mondo (an subsidiary of electricity network Ausnet that has been trialling community microgrids) on the proposal. The proposal leverages off a small-scale microgrid that has been established in Yackandandah. Sustainable Upper Ovens plans to collect data and build a case to obtain a grant for development of a microgrid that includes homes without solar electricity production.

Join us for a public meeting and you'll learn:

• How battery microgrids work
• The benefits for homeowners and the community
• The steps you can take to get involved 

Hear from expert speakers:

• A/Prof. Lasantha Meegahapola, RMIT
• Heath Shakespeare, Project Manager, Indigo Power
• Dennis Lambert, Acting Chair, Sustainable Upper Ovens Inc.

Location & Dates:

• Harrietville Hotel Motel: Friday October 18th, 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Bright Senior Citizens Hall: Thursday October 31st, 5:30 PM - 6:30 P
  

Please let us know your thoughts: 
To strengthen our grant application, we're seeking data on the current adoption rates of solar and battery storage in our region. We'd greatly appreciate if you could take a few minutes to complete this survey. 

Your responses will help us shape our future energy initiatives and ensure they meet the needs of our community.

Please take a few minutes to complete this anonymous survey. Your feedback is invaluable.