We are inviting you to join the Flinders Virtual Energy Network !   And before we go any further, we will have an information   table outside the Flinders General Store this Saturday (Dec 20th)  from about 8:30 to 11ish.  Drop by and say 'hi'!   Why a VEN? Well: you might get a kick out of being able to share or sell any excess solar   energy  you have with other Flinders residents or businesses; you might get a better price than whatever measly feed-in tariff  you currently get from your...

At yesterday's FZCC committee meeting (Nov 11th) we had a good chat about Virtual Energy Networks (VENs) with 7 or 8 members joining the meeting to discuss. The strong feeling was that we should go ahead and set up a VEN for Flinders, so we'll do that and let you know how to get involved soon. Meanwhile, if you missed yesterday's meeting, here are the slides (sorry, probably don't make a lot of sense on their own!). Here is the AI generated video that we showed which, in spite of a slight ...

Our AGM was held on Nov 11, 2025. 14 members attended, with 3 apologies. It was followed by an FZCC Committee meeting in which we spoke about Virtual Energy Networks (see next news post). The formal outcomes of the meeting were: Jon Pearce & Ralph Kenyon re-elected as Co-conveners. Mark Aarons re-elected as Secretary Richard Atkinson elected as Treasurer. General committee members: Leigh Glover Bernard Daly Neville Wale Congrats to all!