Antinuclear

She also slammed the federal opposition leader and Liberal members of parliament for denying the existence of climate change.

Ms Hodgins-May said the possibility of the region relying only on renewable energy was completely achievable.“When you look at a town like Daylesford, that whole town can be powered by only two wind turbines at the Hepburn wind farm,” she said.

“There is no reason why a city like Ballarat cannot one day rely solely on renewable energy.”

She said that both the Labor and Liberal parties needed to commit to a renewable future, instead of avoiding the issue and,  in some instances, flatly denying the existence of climate change.“The Labor and Liberal parties are creating uncertainty with possible changes to the price on pollution and clean energy investment,” Ms Hodgins-May said.

Ms Hodgins-May announced plans for a “clean energy roadmap” that would help to one day power the city.The roadmap includes plans to increase the current renewable energy target, aiming to achieve 90 per cent renewable energy by 2030.The current government energy target is for at least 20 per cent of Australia’s electricity to come from renewable energy by 2020.