Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund

The Australian Government is committed to supporting regional Australia and has delivered significant investments focused on creating jobs and driving economic growth in our regions.

The Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund (Fund) will provide up to $50.4 million over 5 years from 2019-20 to 2023-24.

The Fund supports feasibility studies looking at microgrid technologies to replace, upgrade or supplement existing electricity supply arrangements in off-grid and fringe-of grid communities located in regional and remote areas.

Microgrids can represent more reliable, secure and cost effective energy supply options for regional and remote communities in Australia.

The intended outcomes of the Fund are:

improved regional business, community services and emergency resilience through innovative microgrid solutions
scaled-up and improved microgrid systems in regional and remote communities
increased human capital (skills/knowledge) in the design and deployment of microgrids
demonstrated commerciality and/or reliability and security benefits of deploying and upgrading microgrids
reduced barriers to microgrid uptake in remote and regional communities
increased dissemination of technology and/or project knowledge regarding the deployment and upgrading of microgrids