Pawa Atunmankunytjaku
Project Overview
From 1 July 2021, the South Australian Government will be introducing charging for electricity for residents in community housing in the APY Lands, Yalata and Oak Valley.
MoneyMob Talkabout has been engaged by the Remote Area Energy Supply (RAES) scheme, part of the Department for Energy and Mining, to develop and implement a community education and engagement program to ensure communities are ready for the introduction of electricity charging.
The Pawa Atunmankunytjaku Project will provide a house to house education program to all households in the lead up to the installation of smart meters and charging for electricity. There will be continued education after the introduction of charging.
The education is to be provided to all community housing residents in the APY Lands, Yalata and Oak Valley by Anangu Energy Education Workers who will be trained and supported by MoneyMob’s Trainer Mentors.
Project Team and Contractors
Nick Rickard
Project Manager
Lisa Rogers
Trainer Mentor
Ben Wall
Trainer Mentor
Project Blog
Training with Uniting Communities SA
This week Melissa Heywood and Leanne Burns from our project partner Uniting Communities SA, visited Alice Springs to provide the Pawa Atunmankunytjaku team with “train the trainer, training” in Energy Efficiency and Household assessments. An intense and productive...
Seeking Energy Champions!
The Pawa Atunmankunytjaku (Looking after Power) project is looking for Energy Championsin every community on the APY lands, Yalata and Oak Valley. Change is coming mid 2021 with the SA Government saying people need to help share thecost of all the power on the lands...
Tour of the Central Powerhouse
Whilst out on the APY Lands, we were privileged to have a tour of the Central Powerhouse at Umuwa. This was extremely educational, especially to those of us that have lived on communities previously and remembered the old tin shed that enclosed a generator for each...
Community Engagement – APY Lands
Throughout October and November, the Pawa Atunmankunytjaku and Remote Area Energy Supply (RAES) teams made our first trips out to the APY Lands to complete the first round of community engagement. This involved a presentation to the Community Councils and a BBQ in...
Introducing our project name and logo!
We have been working closely with Iwiri to develop a project name and logo. Pawa Aṯunmankunytjaku means to take care of power. The ochre coloured circles and the white arches that surround them symbolises a meeting place; a place of communication, education, somewhere...