Pawa Atunmankunytjaku

Project Overview

The South Australian Government introduced charging for electricity for residents in community housing in the APY Lands, Yalata and Oak Valley starting July 2022.

MoneyMob Talkabout was 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 were ready for the introduction of electricity charging.

The Pawa Atunmankunytjaku Project provided a house-to-house education program to all households in the lead-up to the installation of smart meters and charging for electricity.

The Department of Energy and Mining has extended the engagement of Money Mob Talkabout for 2023-2024, to continue their support of householders in the APY Lands with energy efficiency and meter education. This support is being delivered by our Home Energy Support Worker and Anangu Energy Education Workers.

Contact us on 1800 849 041

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Project Team and Partners

Nicholas Rickard

Nicholas Rickard

Project Manager

Lisa Rogers

Lisa Rogers

Trainer Mentor

Tia Paterson-Dunn

Tia Paterson-Dunn

Home Energy Support Worker

Project Blog

Community engagement in Oak Valley

Community engagement in Oak Valley

At the beginning of November, Nick, Lisa and Lucas joined Lynda and Mic from the RAES team and headed out to Oak Valley to speak with the community about the upcoming changes.  We spent the day with a stall set up outside the shop to chat with people and show them the...

Project emissions offset with Treecreds

Project emissions offset with Treecreds

The Pawa Atunmankunytjaku team has partnered with Treecreds to offset our operational emissions for the 2020/2021 financial year. The majority of our emissions are transport emissions associated with staff travellling to and from remote areas both by road and air. We...

EEW Team doubles!

EEW Team doubles!

Last week we ran an additional Energy Education Worker (EEW) training session at Umuwa to train a team of workers to begin home visits in Pukatja and Kenmore Park. We were expecting that about five or six people would be able to attend the training but were blown away...

Pawa Team visits Yalata

Pawa Team visits Yalata

In late September, Lisa, Nick and Carolyn made the trip down to Yalata to meet with the Council and community to discuss the upcoming changes.   It was great to also be joined by MoneyMob Chairperson Sandra Marty who was in the community at the time! After meeting...