Powering a Renewable Energy Boost for the Yarra Valley

A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will support Healesville Community Renewable Energy so they can continue to champion renewable energy initiatives in their local area and help tackle climate change.

We’ll provide a $60,000 grant to Healesville Community Renewable Energy (CORE) – a community group whose volunteers work to increase the uptake of renewable energy in their area.

These funds will help CORE to continue hosting community information sessions and educating locals about new renewable initiatives like solar hot water and home energy efficiency.

Only Labor will invest $1 billion to build new renewable energy projects and bring back government-owned energy by reviving the State Electricity Commission (SEC) to drive power bills down.

Labor will deliver new renewable energy targets for Victoria – 65 per cent by 2030, increasing to 95 per cent by 2035.

We’ll set an emissions reduction target of 75-80 per cent by 2035, and we’ll bring forward our net zero emissions target by five years to 2045 – the most ambitious from any mainland state.

You can’t trust Matthew Guy’s Liberals to keep the lights on or power bills down – when the Liberals were last in office and Matthew Guy was Planning Minister, they banned windfarms, holding our state back and costing jobs.

Only Labor is doing what matters – replacing unreliable and privately-owned coal power with clean, government-owned renewable energy.

Quotes attributable to Labor Candidate for Eildon Jane Judd

“Healesville Community Renewable Energy is such an important initiative in the local area, helping locals access renewables and alleviating cost-of-living pressures for families throughout the region.”

“Only Labor will bring down energy prices and tackle climate change by bringing back the SEC, investing $1 billion towards new renewable energy projects and legislating some of the most ambitious emissions targets in the world.”