{"id":30763,"date":"2019-05-31T06:14:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T19:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=30763"},"modified":"2019-06-03T06:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T19:39:00","slug":"wa-councils-renewables-mb1077","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-councils-renewables-mb1077\/","title":{"rendered":"WA Councils Again Call For State Renewable Energy Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/council-renewables-wa-1024x538.png\" alt=\"Western Australia - renewable energy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/council-renewables-wa-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/council-renewables-wa-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/council-renewables-wa-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/council-renewables-wa.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>21 councils in Western Australia are putting pressure on the McGowan Government to implement a state level emissions reduction and\/or renewable energy target.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The councils involved are all members of the Cities Power Partnership (CPP), a Climate Council initiative bringing together local governments across the country to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed call for state targets emerged as the result of discussions held during a recent forum in Perth, hosted by the CPP.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It\u2019s time for the state to step up and commit to a target that will support Western Australia\u2019s shift to renewables,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/citiespowerpartnership.org.au\/2019\/05\/30\/council-clean-energy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> Climate Councillor Andrew Stock. \u201cA renewable energy target would signal our state\u2019s climate ambitions, and support the local governments, communities and industry leaders to make the clean energy transition.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Western Australia was graded a &#8220;C&#8221; and found itself at the bottom of state\/territory ranking table in the Climate Council&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sa-renewable-energy-mb0787\/\">2018 Renewable Energy Scorecard<\/a>, partly due to the fact WA has no state-level targets. However, the accompanying report also noted Western Australia had the third highest proportion of households with rooftop solar power systems. While the state&#8217;s government may be yet to get really serious about renewable energy and emissions reduction, Western Australia&#8217;s residents certainly have been<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wa-councils-renewables-mb1077\/#en-30763-1' id='enref-30763-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(30763)'>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The same can be said of a number of WA councils that have embraced renewables including solar energy to reduce emissions and electricity costs. One such council we recently mentioned was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/city-vincent-solar-mb1018\/\">City of Vincent<\/a> (which doesn&#8217;t appear to be a CCP member, but attended the Perth forum).<\/p>\n<p>All Australian states and territories have committed to renewable energy and\/or net zero emissions targets &#8211; except Western Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA), which advocates on behalf of 138 WA councils, published an updated <a href=\"https:\/\/walga.asn.au\/getattachment\/Policy-Advice-and-Advocacy\/Environment\/Climate-Change\/WALGA-Climate-Change-Policy-Statement-July-2018-(5).pdf.aspx?lang=en-AU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Policy Statement on Climate Change<\/a>\u00a0calling for state-level targets.<\/p>\n<h2>How Many Bureaucrats Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?<\/h2>\n<p>The collective of WA councils also wants to see reform to remove regulatory barriers and accelerate a transition to a low carbon, energy efficient economy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs it stands, local governments in WA can\u2019t even change a lightbulb without running into state red tape,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/citiespowerpartnership.org.au\/2019\/05\/30\/wa-councils-pressure-state-government-to-act-on-clean-energy\/\">said<\/a> another Climate Councillor, Greg Bourne.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems he wasn&#8217;t really exaggerating. Among other regulatory issues cited as barriers to local-level action, Mr. Bourne says councils across Western Australia face hurdles in switching their streetlights to energy efficient LEDs due to &#8220;clunky&#8221; state regulation.<\/p>\n<p>What should be such a simple thing to do can save councils (and ratepayers) big bucks, while reducing street lighting related emissions. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/100percentrenewables.com.au\/councils-upgrade-led-street-lighting-now\/\">100% Renewables<\/a> there are around 2.3 million street lights in Australia and a small regional council might spend $300,000 per year on street lighting for local roads; while their big city counterparts can fork out $2.5 million or more. 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