Voting guide

We are excited to launch our second and final vote in the 2024-25 democratic budget!

CoPower customer members will determine which Impact Campaigns to drive change in communities receive funding from the $42,500 pool and which Member Benefits are funded from the $21,000 pool to help you reduce energy use, get off gas and save money.

All CoPower customer members are eligible to vote who join our cooperative by 11.45pm on Sunday 7 July.  We ask that customer members consult their household when voting and for those that have multiple accounts, they just exercise one vote.

CoPower uses ElectionBuddy as its voting platform. There are two ballot papers, one for the Impact Campaigns and the 2^nd for the Member Benefits. There are 14 applications for funds from the impact campaign budget.  A minimum of 4 campaigns will be funded. The member benefits budget has 5 areas that require your consideration.

The cumulative voting method is being used in both votes.  In cumulative voting, you are given a fixed number of votes to be distributed between the options.  You can allocate your votes any way you like, but you cannot allocate more that the total number of votes allowed.

The 2024 voting process has the following steps:

1. ElectionBuddy will send you invitation to vote to the email registered with Energy Local, just after 8 am on 29 June 2024. You must complete you vote by 11:45 pm 14 July 2024.  
2. Inside the email will be your unique link that you can click on to go to the ballot papers. Once you click on the link you will go to the ElectionBuddy voting page.
3. Please allocate you votes, 20, to the campaigns you prefer in the Impact Campaign Ranking ballot. At the bottom of ballot paper is a count of how many votes you have allocated.  If you want more information about a campaign, please click on the Information link.
4. Please allocate you votes, 20, to the member benefit areas that you prefer in the Member Benefit ballot. At the bottom of ballot paper is a count of how many votes you have allocated. If you want more information about a member benefit, please click on the Information link.
5. Click on Continue >> to see how you have voted.
6. Once you are happy with your allocation, click on Submit >> to register your vote.
7. ElectionBuddy will send you a confirmation email.

If you have any questions, please contact Peter Reid on [email protected].  Peter will respond within 24 hours.