{"id":35054,"date":"2019-11-19T15:06:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T04:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=35054"},"modified":"2019-11-19T15:08:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T04:38:50","slug":"vote-jack-hooper-cec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/vote-jack-hooper-cec\/","title":{"rendered":"Installers Need More Representation On The CEC Board: Vote Jack Hooper!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jack

With that smile, how could you not vote for Jack?<\/p><\/div>\n

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) is a rich and powerful non-profit organisation that claims to represent Australia’s solar industry and solar installers.<\/p>\n

If you want to have any influence on how the Clean Energy Council operates and who runs it, you need to have a vote. To have a vote with the CEC you must pay to be a member. The cheapest membership is for very small companies with less than 3 employees.<\/p>\n

Very small companies can get annual ‘Network Membership’ for $630 per year. This buys you one vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your company is any bigger, you need to at least pay for ‘Associate Membership’ at $3,650 per year. This buys you two votes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you want six votes<\/strong>, you can plop down $14,500 per year for ‘Corporate Membership’.<\/p>\n

If you want a whopping 20 votes<\/strong>, you need to find $55,500 per year for a ‘Sponsoring Membership’.<\/p>\n

As you might imagine, Corporate and Sponsoring members overwhelmingly represent ‘the big end of town’: companies like AGL, Commonwealth Bank and Energy Australia.<\/p>\n

At time of writing, here is how the membership stands:<\/strong><\/p>\n