NSW government fails to keep promise to provide regional towns with renewable backup power
by Christopher Knaus from Environment | The Guardian on (#4XYQG)
Regional Community Energy Fund never opened and Gladys Berejiklian's government refusing to explain why
The New South Wales government has failed to act on a promise to provide regional towns with renewably sourced emergency backup power during disasters, leaving funding unavailable ahead of the state's bushfire crisis.
In 2018, the NSW government announced a $30m program to fund small-scale renewable energy generation and storage in regional and remote communities, through a scheme known as the Regional Community Energy Fund (RCEF).
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