The Shire of Victoria Plains is a small council of around 30 staff serving approximately 800 residents. The Shire is engaging early and actively with Green Wind Renewables, the proponent of two large scale wind energy projects spanning neighbouring shires and totalling approximately 1.2 gigawatts. The projects represent about 25% of scheduled wind farm capacity to be developed in Western Australia's Wheatbelt.

Residents of northeast Victoria's Yackandandah have made considerable savings by using the sun to power their homes. Yackandandah, affectionately known as 'Yack,' is more than just a case study in renewable power—it provides other communities with a blueprint for a community-led energy transition.

By coordinating community members on the same distribution network, we can enable community energy sharing and sell surplus energy to retailers, allowing everyone to profit from their contributions. Together, we can keep energy local, ease pressure on the grid and deliver benefits to the community.

The NSW Government declared the South West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in November 2022. Projects in the REZ include new transmission lines, solar and wind farms. Prior to the creation of the REZ, Hay Shire was an agrarian economy. The community had concerns about how renewable projects could disrupt their way of life, while recognising the opportunity to diversify the economic base for long-term resilience. Hay Shire partnered with RE-Alliance to support their engagement with the transition—putting the community first to ensure there was opportunity for discussion, not division.