Monday 19 October

Community Energy Info Evening

Online

About this event

Your first step in community energy starts here! Nau mai, haere mai, hau mai, afio mai, welkam.

Cleaner, fairer, more affordable energy starts with community. Worried about power bills and petrol prices? Want your community to have more say in how energy is made, shared, and kept on when it matters most? Community energy puts power back in local hands through pathways that include shared solar and wind power, resilience hubs for when the grid goes down, and projects on schools, marae, and community spaces.

Join us for an Intro to Community Energy: what it is, why we're activating, how it could look where you live, and most of all how your community can get involved. No technical experience needed, just a heart for your community.

What is Community Energy?

Simply put, community energy is any clean energy project that is run collaboratively, and whose benefits flow directly back to local people. This isn't just for neighbourhoods – it can also be formed by groups with a shared purpose, like a sports club, church group, or a national co-op. Projects might look like a community battery, an EV bike or car-share, a buyers group, or a micro-grid and power company.

Why attend?

To begin the journey of gathering know-how about participating in the energy sector, and how we can join forces for:

• Keeping power and transport prices affordable.
• Local energy resilience – currently Auckland relies almost exclusively on energy imported or piped in from elsewhere.
• Making sure renters don't get left out of the clean energy transition.
• Community wealth building – community energy holds important opportunities for local people to lead and collectively-own our power generation, giving employment and prosperity for local people.

Who should come?

Community leaders, residents' associations, local community and social service providers, community housing initiatives, local sustainability champions, and anyone who wants a fairer, cleaner, and more affordable energy future.

Community Energy Activator

This Intro Evening is part of the Community Energy Activator programme. It is an awesome opportunity to support groups ready to explore community energy initiatives they could take on with the guidance of technicians.

The next steps following this session are a Navigator Training Day taking place 3 November 2026 in South Auckland, or an in-person workshop on 4 November 2026 in West Auckland. Then the Activator series kicks off in early 2027 to support local community groups keen to understand their options and make plans.

Proudly brought to you in partnership with Community Energy Network, Vector Ltd, and Auckland Council.

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