Electrify Grey Lynn
Electrify Grey Lynn started in February 2025. We are a voluntary group designed to motivate and support each other as we electrify our homes, businesses and transport.
Homes that are powered by renewable energy, reduce energy bills and their carbon emissions.
We are one of the Rewiring Aotearoa communites.
While our group is based in Grey Lynn, we welcome anyone interested in the electrification journey. As we say, Grey Lynn is not just a place, it’s a state of mind!
Your location is less important than your desire to transition away from gas and embrace electric solutions.
For Grey Lynn 2030, Electrify Grey Lynn is latest iteration in our interest in Energy. The Energy focus group started in 2012 were led by local energy expert Chris Olsen. Chris was way ahead of his time - we are in 2025 finally catching up with him! The 'current" has changed. Gas is getting too expensive and is runnning out. Solar/batteries are dropping in price.
Peer to Peer Energy Trading
If I have too much power could I sell it my neighbour? This idea is called P2P Energy Trading. Turns out its quite complicated in reality. What is Peer to Peer Energy Trading? Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading connect individuals and businesses who produce their own clean energy with those who want to consume it within…
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Electrify Grey Lynn at the Grey Lynn Car Boot Market
March 2025 Electrify Grey Lynn is getting out in the community talking to residents about how to Get Off Gas. In our community many homes have reticulated gas – gas to the house provided by the electricity company – not from a refillable gas tank People are noticing the rising cost of gas for heating…
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Power Up your Apartment Building: Resilience and Efficiency for City Living
Power Up Your Apartment: Resilience and Efficiency for City Living Is your apartment building ready for the future? Imagine: -Seamless EV charging for residents. -Uninterrupted power with solar/batteries during outages. – Reliable backup systems for essential services like water and internet. Join the Auckland C ity Centre Residents Group in April as we welcome Brent…
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Get Off Gas: Future Proof Your Home
Future-Proof Your Home: Transition from Gas to Electric Is your home ready for the future of New Zealand energy? Gas bills are rising, and a shift towards sustainable, electric solutions is inevitable. Learn from Mark Yates, a visionary in New Zealand’s energy sector. From pioneering EV charging to founding Ecotricity, he’s at the forefront…
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Why Entrust needs New Leadership
Conor Sharp – Greater Auckland blog Why Entrust needs New Leadership What if I told you that if you pay for electricity in Auckland’s Isthmus, South Auckland, East Auckland, or Waiheke Island, you have a say in how a $3.76b company is run? What if I told you that one group has been in control…
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Community Energy – AECT election 2012
Community energy needs come first for AECT candidate Rapidly increasing household power prices led to Chris Olson forming Grey Lynn 2030’s energy group a year ago to focus on developing community ideas to promote energy efficiency. The energy group’s first major project is to install solar panels on Grey Lynn roofs to reduce energy and water bills. Chris…
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Energy Seminar Series
The Grey Lynn 2030 Energy Group is holding a series of public talks during September. Each talk is from 10:30 to 11:30am at the Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market at the Grey Lynn Community Centre and will be given by subject matter expert. This is an opportunity to learn about electriciy , how you can measure it and…
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An evening with Nicole Foss
Peak Oil, Local Resilience and Financial Crisis – how to face the challenges ahead 7pm Monday 16 April Upstairs meeting room at the Grey Lynn RSC, Francis Street Entry by Koha We are fortunate to have secured an evening with Nicole Foss as part of her 3 month Australasian tour that ends in Auckland. Canadian…
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AECT: Win or lose the power is with the community
With only 2 days remaining in the AECT election a disappointing 14.65% of eligible voters have so far returned postal ballots to decide the 5 trustees of the Trust. At the same time in the 2003 election the turnout was only slightly better at 17.5%. Independent Candidate Pippa Coom, a lawyer who previously worked at…
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