CVGA Annual General Meeting

2016

1.00pm- 1.30pm AGM Formalities

1.30pm- 2.00pm Presentations

Sonny Neale- CVGA Executive Officer

John van Rooden- Hepburn Shire CouncilWaste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network

Sonny Neale- CVGAWaste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network & Collective Cloud GHG Emissions Tracking Project

Sam Steele- Swan Hill Rural City CouncilCommunity Solar Farm

Silvana Predebon- Macedon Ranges Shire Council Revolving Energy Fund

Christine Murray - City of Greater BendigoHeatwave Help

2.00pm- 2.15pm Resilient Community Assets Launch

Hon. Maree Edwards- State Member for Bendigo West

2.15pm- 2.30pm Heat Health Video

2.30pm- 3.00pm Afternoon tea

Day Outline

Background

• Set up in 2001

• The first and largest of 10 Alliances covering 74 Victorian Councils

• Membership: 13 central and northern Victorian councils• Gannawarra Shire Council• Buloke Shire Council• Loddon Shire Council• Central Goldfields Shire Council• Rural City of Ararat• Hepburn Shire Council• Mount Alexander Shire Council• Macedon Ranges Shire Council• Northern Grampians Shire Council• Pyrenees Shire Council• City of Greater Bendigo• City of Ballarat

• Currently 3 PT staff, adding 2-3 more staff next year for Projects & Advocacy

Why The Alliance

Exists

“Zero-net GHG Emissions by 2050”

The Alliance provides member councils with a vehicle and a

forum in which to be bold and creative in the Climate

Change space.

Our Strategy:

BE USEFUL!

• Leverage the FUNDING APPEAL of small and large regional Councils

• Leverage the ADVOCACY POTENTAL of a large part of regional Victoria

• Even-out RESOURCE DISPARITIES across municipalities

• ACCELERATE TAKE-UP of successful projects

• Identify and achieve EFFICIENCIES

• FUND AND COORDINATE projects that are valuable to more than one council

FLAGSHIP

PROJECTS

Central Victoria Solar Cities 2007 – 13 $42 million Federal govt. energy efficiency trial 14 Councils

Your Business Your Future 2013 – 14 $700,000 Federal govt. SME energy efficiency trial 14 Councils

Lighting the Regions 2014 - 16 $11.6 million Federal govt. Bulk streetlight upgrade (delivery by COGB) 16 Councils

2016 - 17 Projects

Low-income Solar 2017 – 18 $5.2 millionSolar Panels for households on rates-relief 22 Councils (10 CVGA)

Resilient Community Assets 2015 – 16 $320,000Heat Health training and templates and street tree audit 6 Councils

Waste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network – Proof of ConceptEquivalent to a 6MW Co-Generation 2017 – 18 $150k <$33 milpower plant spread over 70 sites 6 Councils

Collective GHG Emissions Cloud TrackingCommon GHG tracking mechanism 2017 – ? $ Unfunded

>13 Councils

Advocacy

Recent submissions:

• Victorian Renewable Energy Roadmap (with Goulbourn Broken Greenhouse Alliance)

• Request for state wide LiDAR data

• Review of the Renewable Energy Target (RET)

• Electricity Distribution Price Review - Saving Councils $22 million over 5 years

• Environmental Upgrades Agreement (EUA) - Change to the Local Government Act

Knowledge Hub

• Regular Newsletters

• Member Council Forums• Energy Upgrade Agreements (January 31st)• Collaborative Heat Health• Virtual Net Metering• Community-Owned Solar Infrastructure• Council-Owned Electric Vehicle infrastructure• Prioritization matrix for local government Sustainability Strategic Planning • Collaboration and planning between Local Government and regional DNSP’s

(Powercor)

Income

CVGA Grant Income 4,166.25

Dividend Income 9,250.00

Interest Earned 3,124.90

Membership Fees 141,122.44

Reimbursement of bond 1,207.49

Resilient Community Assets 60,000.00

Sale of office furniture 610.00

Sustainable Council Buildings 1,100.00

Total Income 220,581.08

Expense

Administration Expenses

Accounting & Audit Fees 4,846.28

Bank Charges 235.09

Company Registrations 54.40

Dues & Subscriptions 86.36

Equipment under $1000 349.09

Financial Management 6,607.70

Fuel Travel Parking 1,235.23

Insurance General 2,209.09

Legal Advice 700.00

MV Comprehensive Insurance 447.75

MV Registration & Ins 528.86

MV Repairs and Maintenance 761.27

Office/Admin Support 1,772.29

Postage & Freight Charges 131.37

Printing & Stationery 631.18

Telephone 732.65

Venue Hire, Catering & Meeting 829.97

Total Administration Expenses 22,158.58

Capacity Building

Communication Support 127.73

Conferences & Prof Dev 347.23

Knowledge Hub Management 21,599.19

Total Capacity Building 22,074.15

Computer & IT

IT Support 500.00

Software 1,284.30

Computer & IT - Other 165.00

Total Computer & IT 1,949.30

Meeting Expenses 462.71

Payroll Expenses

Salaries and Wages 140,376.56

Superannuation 12,916.93

Workcover Premium 1,248.54

Payroll Expenses - Other 310.00

Total Payroll Expenses 154,852.03

Project Costs

Ironbark Sustaina Project Costs 6,000.00

Project Expenses General 177.27

Total Project Costs 6,177.27

Rental Expenses

Electrologix 3,545.45

The Hub Rent & Outgoings 6,387.30

Total Rental Expenses 9,932.75

SRA Expenses 0.00

Total Expense 217,606.79

Net Income 2,974.29

Profit & Loss 2015 - 2016

ASSETS

Current Assets

Chequing/Savings

CVGA - Operations Account 44,632.14

EEIG - Account -23.92

Term Deposit 3mths. 52,241.76

Total Chequing/Savings 96,849.98

Total Current Assets 96,849.98

Other Assets

Franking Credit on Dividend 3,054.00

Investment-SRA at cost 9.00

Total Other Assets 3,063.00

TOTAL ASSETS 99,912.98

LIABILITIES

Current Liabilities

Credit Cards

EO CVGA Credit Card 396.15

Total Credit Cards 396.15

Other Current Liabilities

ATO GST Balance 11,817.58

Payroll Liabilities

PAYG Withholding 620.00

Payroll Liabilities Super 961.43

Total Payroll Liabilities 1,581.43

Total Other Current Liabilities 13,399.01

Total Current Liabilities 13,795.16

TOTAL LIABILITIES 13,795.16

NET ASSETS 86,117.82

EQUITY

Opening Bal Equity 99,742.54

Retained Earnings -16,599.01

Net Income 2,974.29

TOTAL EQUITY 86,117.82

Balance Sheet as of 30 June 2016

Nominations for the CVGA Board of Directors

Board Member Council Role Council

Cr Geoff Lovett Mayor Central Goldfields

Cr John Shaw Councillor Buloke

Adam McSwain Director Swan Hill

Cr Sonia Wright Councillor Gannawarra

Aaron van Egmond CEO Hepburn Shire

Jason Taylor Director Mt Alexander

Cr Cheryl McKinnon Councillor Loddon

Natasha Gayfer Councillor Macedon

Cr Jennifer Alden Councillor Bendigo

Nomination will be provided on

4/12/16Nth Grampians

Cr David Clark Councillor Pyrenees

Don Cole Director Ararat

Cr Belinda Coates Councillor Ballarat

John Van Rooden

Hepburn Shire Council

Waste to Energy Micro-Power Station

Network

Energy from Organic Waste Implementation Strategy

Toward Zero Emissions

Aims

Council has spent over two years assessing the feasibility for a small scale readily deployable waste to energy solution which will:

• Assist Council to become carbon neutral

• Convert organic waste into a valuable fuel source

• Reduce waste to landfill

• Reduce Council energy costs.

• Can be replicated elsewhere

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Implementation Strategy

Funded with the assistance of SV, engaged Consultants – Wood and Grieve Engineers to:

• Review feedstock alternatives

• Review alternative WtE technical Solutions

• Develop business cases to incorporate WtE solution in proposed community/council facility

• Develop tender ready detailed WtE system design

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Solution

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Solution

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Organic Waste Processing Plant at

Daylesford Transfer Station including:

• Receiving bunker

• Hammer mill

• Macerator

• Slurry storage tanks

Anaerobic Digester Co-generation Plant

at Daylesford Town Hall including:

• Anaerobic digester system

• Methane storage tank

• Two micro turbines

Key Outcomes

• Meet 70% of power and heating needs of proposed Council facility

• $2,250,000 benefit to Council over 25 years

• Divert 1,200 tonnes pa of organic waste from landfill

• Avoid GHG emissions of 2,000 tonnes pa

• Containerised system solution will allow ready adaptation to the sites and uses

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New Energy Job Fund Support

Council has received funding from the NEJF to:

• Further develop the Hepburn project business case

• Conduct a peer review of the proposed project recommendations

• Conduct an EOI process to test the market for industry capability, expertise and pricing

This will strengthen Council’s ability to seek implementation co-funding opportunities

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Sonny Neale

CVGA

Waste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network

Collective Cloud GHG Emissions Tracking Project

Waste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network:

Proof of Concept

• Expanding on Hepburn Shire’s ground-breaking project, 6 participating

Councils:• Hepburn Shire Council• Pyrenees Shire Council• Central Goldfields Shire Council• City of Ballarat• Macedon Ranges Shire Council• Mount Alexander Shire Council

• Funded through the Collaborative Councils – Sustainability Fund, with contributions from, the City of Ballarat and Macedon Ranges Shire Council

Waste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network:

Project Brief

• Equivalent to a 6MW Co-Generation power plant spread over 70

sites

• Cuts Council GHG Emissions by 80,000 tonnes p.a. (20,000 cars)

• Converts 43,000 tonnes of Green Waste into:

• <4.4 MW of electricity & 6 MW of heat• 10,000m3 of class A water• 3000 tonnes of nutrient rich ‘soil conditioner’

Waste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network:

Initial Business Case

Converts Council liability of $3 - $4 million p.a. into

Council saving of $12 million p.a.

• Payback: > 4 years

• ROI: over 21%

• 20 year saving: < $200 million

Waste-to-Energy Micro-Power Station Network:

Investment

• CapEx: $33 million over 6 Councils

• Financing Option:

• Green Bond issue (2.45% p.a.) - Clean Energy Finance Corporation

• Centralized Management through MAV’s “Local Government Funding Vehicle”

Collective Cloud-Based Emissions Tracking

Sam Steele

Swan Hill Rural City Council

Community Solar Farm

Facilitating Community Energy

Virtual Renewable Power

Station Project

Moira – Swan Hill investigation of the VRPS concept

Victorian State Government funded project

What is a

Community Owned Solar Farm?

Reproduced from Community Power Agency 2016

• Opportunities

Opportunities and Barriers

• Enabling increased solar access

• Network Capacity Sufficient

• Edge of Grid

• Barriers

• Regulatory

• Market

• Virtual Network Metering (VNM)

Local Electricity Trading

• Local Network Charges (LNC)

• Tom Brown: tbrown@moira.vic.gov.au

• Sam Steel: ssteel@swanhill.vic.gov.au

• UTS:ISF “Facilitating Local Network Charges and Local Electricity

Trading”

• https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/our-research/institute-sustainable-

futures/our-research/energy-and-climate-2

More information

Silvana Predebon

Macedon Ranges Shire Council

Revolving Energy Fund

Christine MurraySustainability Officer

City of Greater Bendigo

Heatwave Help

Adapting to Change

4.5 years

$300,000 + inkind + more

what will climate change will look like for our region?

resilience

PHASE 1: Research and consultation

PHASE 2: Theming and Regional report development

Workshops at all councils. About 150 people

external stakeholders

possible actions prioritised

Vulnerability

May 2012

PHASE 3: ImplementationImplementation project

PHASE 3: Implementation

1. Retrofit homes to stay cooler in

summer

2. Training & resources for

homecare workers

4. Education

3. Heatwave kits4. Education +

Comms

Innovation + reframing

PHASE 3: Implementation- Reframing

PHASE 3: Implementation- Innovation

Collaboration & sharing

Next steps

• Further evaluation

• Develop next iteration of shared approach

• Share knowledge

Hon. Maree Edwards MP

State Member for Bendigo West

Resilient Community Assets

Victorian Adaptation and Sustainability Partnership (VASP) Round II funded project led by the CVGA on behalf:

• Central Goldfields Shire Council• Buloke Shire Council• Gannawarra Shire Council• Loddon Shire Council• Macedon Ranges Shire Council• Mount Alexander Shire Council

• An extension of the VASP Round I funded project “Adapting to Change” developed by the participating Councils and the City of Greater Bendigo

Resilient Community Assets

• HEATWAVE MANAGEMENT TEMPLATE: A consistent approach to the development of local government responses to Heat Wave planning

• HEATWAVE HELP Education Package

• TRAINING VIDEO AND NOTES for staff and residents

• STREET TREE AUDIT: 10,000 trees re viability in a changing climate

Thank you to our Members for your continuing support