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Our 2025 modelling shows that a typical household running gas appliances and petrol vehicles spends around $9,200 a year on energy and fuel, compared to just $1,300 for an equivalent fully electrified home with solar and battery.
Across Australia, community groups, local councils and neighbourhood organisations are stepping up to helphouseholds get off fossil fuels. They’re running events, connecting neighbours, organising coordinated upgradeprograms and building momentum for change from the ground up.
$4,100
in yearly savings for a fully electrified home, including upfront costs
9,600kg
of CO₂-equivalent emissions avoided every year, once a home goes fully electric
Some groups are just getting started, running their first workshop or open home. Others are ready to help neighbours find trusted tradespeople and get a better deal on solar, batteries or heat pumps. And some are ready to chase serious funding for a bigger community-wide project. Wherever you're at, the handbook has a step-by-step approach to match, with real examples of groups already doing it.
Build awareness and trust through workshops, home tours, and kitchen table conversations. Low-cost, flexible, and a natural first step for groups without formal structure.
Best for: Volunteer groups running their first events
Vet local installers, negotiate group discounts and guide households through quotes and rebates. This is where awareness turns into action.
Best for: Groups with some structure, ready to partner with installers or council.
Design and run a demonstration project that tests new approaches and attracts serious funding, from councils, energy networks, or ARENA.
Best for: Established groups with multi-year community trust and delivery partners
When Jasper Lee co-founded Electrify Adelaide in 2022, he started exactly the way the handbook's Deeper Engagement model suggests; kitchen table conversations, community forums, and local workshops that build trust and cut through the confusion around home electrification.
"If I'm an expert now and I struggle, how's a regular person supposed to make sense of it?" Jasper said. That question became the foundation of everything Electrify Adelaide does.
Since partnering with Rewiring Australia's Electric Communities Network, the group has run community surveys, hosted workshops, and worked with local councils to tackle practical barriers for renters, first-time renovators and everyday households across Adelaide.
"What keeps us going is seeing that lightbulb moment in someone at a forum. A few weeks later, they've installed a battery or switched to an induction cooktop. It's seeing real change happen."
Ready to take electrification further in your community? This handbook is your roadmap; three proven program models, funding pathways and real case studies from groups already doing this work across Australia. Scale your communities' electrification now.
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Contact us: electrify@rewiringaustralia.org
