But go looking for the research that says regional communities trust the renewable energy industry, and you will not find it. The details of the rate, thresholds and implementation mechanism would be developed through consultation with industry and regional communities. The CEC’s call comes as Australia’s renewable energy buildout places growing demands on regional communities that sit within renewable energy zones and along planned transmission corridors. Admiral Barrie warned that Australia’s continued expansion of fossil fuel exports was cancelling out progress made by the clean energy sector and amounted to a “Jekyll and Hyde climate policy.” You cannot close a strait and choke them off,” she said, adding that an estimated AU$155 billion (US$107 billion) pipeline of proposed data centres in Australia was adding further urgency to domestic clean energy supply.