As we head into local election season, we're backing electrification and we want you to ensure that your local representatives will make electrification easy and affordable for all of us.

Whether you’re focused on the economics, the emissions or the energy security, everyone wins from going electric. It makes sense for homes, businesses, cities, councils, regions and the country as a whole, and we need our elected officials to understand the massive opportunity that they can help unlock.

Our big ask is that all councils support the proposed Ratepayer Assistance Scheme, which could offer long-term, low-interest loans for electrification upgrades alongside other cost of living and housing benefits. Quite a few have already signed up and we're hopeful many more will follow, so let everyone know this is something you want in your area.

We're also asking them to support local community electrification groups, get off increasingly expensive gas at council facilities, add solar to public buildings, and share information on electrification that can help households save money and reduce emissions.

We've listed all the things that local government can do, created a handy tool that can generate an email to send to candidates, come up with some questions you can ask at meetings, and created a few assets for you to share on social.

Vote for lower bills, lower emissions and higher resilience. Vote electric.

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