The Future Energy Planning project sought to build better collaboration between electricity networks and local government planners, in Victoria.

Currently, electricity network planning and land-use planning currently occur in isolation, meaning long term, viable and sustainable options for integrating demand and supply side opportunities are missed.
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The project sought to enable local governments and Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSP) to work co-operatively on well planned integrated energy solutions by:

• fostering engagement between Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs) and state and local government planners to co-operatively create planned, integrated energy solutions;
• sharing data and developing resources to identify cross sector planning opportunities in areas of the network that are constrained; and
• establish a replicable process for the identification of integrated energy solutions not currently supported by the existing regulatory processes.

This project was funded through a grant from Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) and is being led by the Northern Alliance for Greenhouse Action (NAGA) with support from the Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action.

The final report is available by clicking the image at left.