We’re proud to be one of 51 Victorian councils to join together and form VECO, the Victorian Energy Collaboration. VECO is the largest emissions reduction project ever undertaken by the local government sector in Australia.
Victorian Energy Collaboration (VECO)
Our electricity is 100% renewable
The 51 councils have pooled their electricity needs into one long-term contract with Red Energy which will provide the VECO group with renewable energy generated from Victorian wind farms. From 1 July 2021, the electricity that has powered our streetlights, libraries, aquatic centres and pavilions (and more) has been 100% renewable.
This projects prevents 260,000 tonnes of carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere – the same as taking 90,000 cars off the road. This initiative has cut the emissions generated by Council's operations by over two-thirds (based on our 2019-20 emissions profile).
The VECO project doesn’t just benefit the environment — by joining together, each council will be paying less for their power than if we’d sourced our electricity individually. That means every dollar saved is another dollar that will be put back into providing vital community services and programs that benefit all of us.
For more information, visit the website at www.veco.org.au.
