Six blocks of land in Indigo Valley will be sold without immediate connection to the electricity grid, opening up the option for a reliance on solar power.
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AusNet will offer traditional electricity if the home buyers want to pay for that connection, after a consultation with the company.
Indigo councillors this week approved a caveat to be attached to the land sale, to ensure the different approach to power supply is clear to prospective buyers.
"In recent years AusNet Services has changed the way they consider power provision to isolated subdivisions. Solutions may not involve off-grid option such as solar and generators to units," the council's report stated.
Cr Diane Shepheard told this week's meeting that it was sensible to have a caveat so buyers are aware they had to make a choice to pay to go on the electricity grid or for solar energy.
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The motion passed 6-1, with Bernard Gaffney the only councillors to vote against the move, questioning the decision to not automatically connect the power.
"If you've got blocks of land for sale and you've got no power connected to them, you'd think it would devalue that subdivision," he said.
"It just seems strange to me that they're selling blocks with no power and they're saying that you should rely on solar or generators."
He questioned if Indigo Valley residents believed the area fell into AusNet's description of an "isolated rural block", saying "it's certainly not".
Meanwhile Indigo councillors voted unanimously to not apply for an increase to Victoria's rate cap for the next financial year.
