Green light for fairer energy future in Wollongong

Key points

• Wollongong city councillors from all parties have adopted the Wollongong Energy Equity Framework, a plan to make clean electricity cheaper for everyone, not only households with solar panels. Council research found almost one in five households may struggle with energy hardship, meaning more than 10 per cent of income goes on electricity.
• Solar uptake is lowest in suburbs such as Bellambi, where it is under 18 per cent.
• Stakeholders from business, government, the university and the not-for-profit sector are now invited to become signatories to the framework.