The emerging vision for the Regional Energy Accord is to foster and embed a fair and just energy transition where host regions are better off, communities are trusted partners and the benefits are visible, shared and lasting.
While the Accord is still in its listening phase, by design and necessity, there are three emerging and important opportunities.
Community-led Regional Energy Accord
The Accord can be an invitation from regional communities to the energy sector and government to partner.
National architecture
It can link regional communities, energy companies and government nationally to share their insights, inspiration and practical know-how across the country.
Place-based collaboration agreements
It can inspire locally agreed pacts between regional communities and energy businesses to collaborate, with benefits tracked transparently at both the project and collective levels via a public register e.g. through a Regional Energy Collaboration Framework agreement.