Energy Resilience
Grey Lynn has focussed on energy since we began.
In 2025, we joined Rewiring Aotearoa and formed Electrify Grey Lynn. This brings national level support to our local initiatives.
We thank Auckland Council for the Climate Grant which enables us to do this work.
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Energy Reslience - 2009 Energy Focus group
Energy Updates
Community Energy – AECT election 2012
Community energy needs come first for AECT candidate Rapidly increasing household power prices led to Chris Olson forming Grey Lynn 2030’s energy group a year ago to focus on developing community ideas to promote energy efficiency. The energy group’s first major project is to install solar panels on Grey Lynn roofs to reduce energy and water bills. Chris…
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Energy Seminar Series
The Grey Lynn 2030 Energy Group is holding a series of public talks during September. Each talk is from 10:30 to 11:30am at the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market at the Grey Lynn Community Centre and will be given by subject matter expert. This is an opportunity to learn about electriciy , how you can measure it and…
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Powering Auckland’s low carbon transformation
The Auckland Council is working on the Energy and Climate Change Mitigation Strategy to transform Auckland into a sustainable, low carbon and energy resilient city. The strategy is a response to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in Auckland. It will bring benefits and opportunities for our economy, enhance the environment and improve the liveability of our…
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AECT: Win or lose the power is with the community
With only 2 days remaining in the AECT election a disappointing 14.65% of eligible voters have so far returned postal ballots to decide the 5 trustees of the Trust. At the same time in the 2003 election the turnout was only slightly better at 17.5%. Independent Candidate Pippa Coom, a lawyer who previously worked at…
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Pippa Coom: Auckland Energy Consumer Trust
Your voting papers should have arrived for the AECT election.Vote for our Grey Lynn 2030 Steering Committee member, Pippa Coom Voters not aware of their valuable asset Only 21% of eligible voters cast their votes in the last election for the trustees of the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust in 2006. This low turnout is surprising…
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Pippa Coom: Auckland Energy Consumer Trust
Community candidate challenges Vector’s sustainability path A corporate lawyer with experience working for regulated industries will stand as an independent candidate in this year’s election for trustees to the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust. Pippa Coom, who has worked for Vector Ltd, which is majority owned by the Trust, is also the first member of the…
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Grey Lynn Energy Group gets underway
The impact of raising energy costs is not going to go away. Creating an energy focus group within Grey Lynn 2030 will provide a space to discuss ideas, learn from experts, create and implement projects, be proactive and inspire our community to join in. First meeting to get an energy focus group underway. All Welcome Contact…
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