1. Tackling climate change in a practical way
18 May 2016

2. A history of transformation
>> How we use
>> How we generate
>> How we operate
Brunswick Electricity Supply Dept
SECV
Energy services
Privatisation
1914
1921
1951
1993

3. Recent history - Energy as a community service
Brunswick Electricity Supply Dept
SECV
1st Solar
Privatisation
MEFL
ZCE
1914
1921
1951
1993
2015
- Energy as a community service
- Environment as a community value

4. Scenarios:
Set & forget
Rise of the prosumer
Leaving the grid
Renewables thrive
Common features:
Customer-centric
Carbon-constrained
Smarts
Disruption

6. Our Structure
2015
2020

7. MEFL Operating Environment
ZCE PC
Consulting
Advocacy

9. 1. Data analysis

10. 1. Data analysis

11. 1. Data analysis

21. Models and mechanisms
Social Enterprise
Co-operatives
Sourcing finance
Funding mechanisms

22. Innovation Framework”
Niche and supported
Experimental
Demonstration
Fully independent
“Valley of Death”
Idea
Mainstream acceptance
Innovator push
Market pull
Cost/”unit”
Market expansion
Government program and regulatory intervention
Business and financial sector investment

23. Nightingale & Westwyck
Company Structures
Nightingale & Westwyck
Innovation risk
Financing
Approvals

24. NSW OEH Toolkit

25. Social Enterprise Positive Charge
Business orientation versus grant-based culture

27. Positive Charge
Solar bulk buys: refining model

28. Darebin Solar $aver, EAGA project
Funding mechanisms
Darebin Solar $aver, EAGA project
Administrative complexity
Financing
Innovation risk

29. Moreland Community Solar

30. Moreland Community Solar
Co-operative
Moreland Community Solar
Regulatory barriers

31. Bendigo Model

32. Ownership R & D Demonstration Supported Commercial Commercial-niche
Commercial Mainstream
Direct Ownership & Control
Beaufort Bioenergy Project
 Moreland Civic Centre
Design, Build & Maintain
Community owned and Cooperative
Yorke Biomass Project
Lismore Community Solar
Hepburn Wind
PPP
Alkimos Beach development
Joint Venture
Magnetic Island Solar City
Leasing
Kenjarhy
ESCO & EPC
Yarra Council EPC
PPA
Melbourne Energy Purchase
ACT Reverse Auction
Company
Vast Solar CSP plant
Any local examples from the region?
What are the benefits and risks?

33. Moreland Council Civic Centre
Case studies
Moreland Council Civic Centre
Direct ownership and control

34. Alkimos Beach solar and battery storage
Case studies
Alkimos Beach solar and battery storage
Public Private Partnership
An Australia-first trial of large-scale battery storage for households with solar panels

35. Case studies Woking Borough Council and Thameswey Ltd.
Energy Services Company
This project is the first sustainable community energy system operating in a competitive energy market of its type in the world.

36. Yarra Council and Ecosave
Case studies
Yarra Council and Ecosave
Energy Performance Contract
These measures will guarantee that Council reduces emissions by 44% from base line levels, saving over $300,000 a year in operational and maintenance costs.

37. Case studies Kenjarhy Leasing
A 100% Indigenous owned and operated  company, and one of a minority of companies who design and construct medium and large-scale solar projects throughout NSW.

38. Case studies Magnetic Island Solar Suburb Joint Venture
This project trialed a new, sustainable model for electricity supply to avoid network augmentation.

39. Case studies Melbourne Renewable Energy Project
Power Purchase Agreement
First collaborative energy purchase of its kind in Australia, providing a replicable and scalable model.

40. Case studies ACT Reverse Auction Power Purchase Agreement
The reverse auction feed-in tariff mechanism is the first of its kind in Australia and ensures that the government accesses proven technology at the lowest possible cost.

41. Case studies Hepburn Wind Community-owned asset
Australia’s first community-owned wind farm; with the ‘Hepburn Model’ inspiring similar projects to explore the community enterprise model for renewable energy projects.

42. Lismore Community Solar
Case studies
Lismore Community Solar
Community-owned / Leasing
Australia’s first Council operated, community funded solar farm.

43. Yorke Peninsula Biomass project
Case studies
Yorke Peninsula Biomass project
Cooperative
Australia’s first straw-fuelled power company, owned and operated in a cooperative style business model.

44. Case studies Vast Solar CSP project Company
This project will demonstrate the reliable and safe operation of Vast Solar’s low-cost, high-performance Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) power system.

45. Crowd-sourcing, donation, soft-loans
Good for testing
Potential to scale?
Legal limits
Transaction costs high

46. Barriers Information barriers Opportunity costs Split incentives
Niche and supported
Experimental
Demonstration
Fully independent
“Valley of Death”
Idea
Mainstream acceptance
Innovator push
Market pull
Cost/”unit”
Market expansion
Government program and regulatory intervention
Business and financial sector investment
Information barriers
Opportunity costs
Split incentives
Institutional barriers
Innovation challenges
Lack of expertise
Technology barriers
Policy and regulation

47. MEFL’s model of change
NSW OEH Toolkit

48. Opportunities Celebrating innovation Collaboration Local best practice
Public awareness
Co-opting skills into sector
Policy alignment
Standards
Treating climate change as a central risk

49. NSW OEH Toolkit