Featured in The energy access issue – 07-2020

Empowering reconciliation

Western Australia’s Horizon Power is relatively unique among electric utilities – it supplies small cities, big and small agricultural and mining operations, and some of the most remote indigenous communities in the world. It has been a genuine pioneer in delivering cheaper, cleaner power through a combination of renewables and energy storage. It’s also awake to the opportunities for solar and storage to empower the Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander communities it serves, explains Horizon’s Roanna Edwards.

By

Jonathan Gifford

13 Jul 2020

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Your job title is Reconciliation Manager at Horizon Power. I guess a lot of people outside of Australia wouldn’t know the significance of reconciliation. How would you describe it?Reconciliation is about building a relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. In a corporate context it is largely around helping deliver the “closing the gap” initiatives, as …

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