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South Melbourne Market

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Welcome

Port Melbourne Life Saving Club

Yalukit Wilam Clan of the Boon Wurrung

Housekeeping items

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Agenda

Councillor Bernadene Voss, Sandridge Ward

Project overview

Project success

Project in detail

Questions and Answers

How can you get involved ?

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Speakers

Committee Chair

Technical

Project Process

Legal Issues

Finance

Communications & Marketing

Project Management & Control

Operation

Future Projects

David Robinson

Sandra Moye

Lis Fenwick

Tim Koerner

Martin May

Sarah Bartlett

Paul Larcher

Angelo Indovino

John Zammit

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What is the SMM Solar Power Project?

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Project Success is…

Financially viable community owned solar power

Contributing to the CO2 reduction target of the CoPP

Maximising community involvement

Educating & inspiring community in sustainability

Operational in 2014

No safety incidents during implementation

Designing a replicable project

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Technical Overview

Current Installation – 34kW

136 Panels

6% of total South Melbourne Market power usage

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Technical Overview – Option 1 Add 100kW to give 134kW

Cost approx. $215,000 Most energy produced is consumed by SMM Low energy export to the grid

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Technical Overview – Option 2Cover the remaining available roof space = 311.5kW

Cost approx. $550,000 Maximises CO2 reduction Max. clean energy generated Significant export to grid Max. community inspiration

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Project Feasibility Analysis

Establishing Business Framework

Project Initiation

Establishing Company Entity

Project Process

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Procurement and Contracting

Project Implementation

Company Operation

Future Projects

Project Process

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Legal Issues

Choosing the right legal entity & organisational structure

Frontrunner is Trading Co-operative

Drafting the constitution

Other agreements

− Lease of roof

− Power Sale agreement

− Share offer documentation

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Finance

Our community did it at Hepburn, can we do it in South Melbourne?

What is financial viability?

The investment metrics

Dividends

Cash (distributions)

Social

Our financial community

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Product Development & Marketing What is our product at each stage?

Start up – crowd funding, sponsorship investor?

Investment – real estate (panels) or

company (shares)?

Emotional investment: Future, guilt-free

power, emissions reductions

Target Audience? Will influence the

message and messenger

Investment “prospectus”

Messengers...

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Communication tools Website live.org.au

Newsletter – monthly

Radio interview

Public presentations

Stories - newspapers, magazines and websites

Community - South Melbourne Market

Leaflets, brochures, fact sheets, posters

Facebook, Twitter and other social media

Videos, Advertisements, a BLOG, . . .

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Project Management and ControlManage the risks

Manage the people

Deliver on time

Deliver the agreed scope

Deliver the cost budget

Manage the communication with stakeholders

Success

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Design, Procurement & Construction

Commission,Test &

Acceptance

Design approvals

Regulatory approvals

Power connection

TenderProcess

ConceptDesign

Construction

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Transparency and accountability to shareholders

Managed by an elected committee

Monitoring and reporting on regular basis

Performance information posted monthly on website

Finances professionally audited

Annual dividend

Operation

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Future Projects

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1. Please complete the feedback sheet to give your feedback and/or volunteer to help

2. LIVE Committee will contact you if you wish to get involved

3. Tick box on form to receive email updates

4. Keep up to date on LIVE website – http://www.live.org.au

5. Contact David Robinson at david.robinson@live.org.au or 0407 585 808

What Next ?

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Questions ?

Committee Chair

Technical

Project Process

Legal Issues

Finance

Communications & Marketing

Project Management & Control

Operation

Future Projects

David Robinson

Sandra Moye

Lis Fenwick

Tim Koerner

Martin May

Sarah Bartlett

Paul Larcher

Angelo Indovino

John Zammit

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