The Co-operative operates a substantial community owned business in Cobargo, and we were seriously impacted by the protracted energy outages resulting from the catastrophic New Year’s Day bushfires, affecting our capability of servicing the community with critically needed products and services, including fuel.
The Co-op views long term energy resilience and stand-alone capability as essential to the area and to our operations in the event of future major natural disasters, and we strongly support your initiative to achieve this outcome.