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Announced in the 2020-21 Federal Budget and administered by ARENA, RAMPP is a $50 million six year program that aims to improve the resilience and reliability of power supply for regional and remote communities.
RAMPP builds upon the Australian Government’s $50.4 million Regional and Remote Communities Reliability Fund (RRCRF), which funded feasibility studies for regional and remote communities to investigate deployment of local microgrid technologies.
How it works
RAMPP aims to improve the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in regional communities and demonstrate solutions to technical, regulatory or commercial barriers to the deployment of microgrid technologies in Australia.
Funding is available to projects that have successfully completed a feasibility study.
RAMPP is an open, non competitive round, with funding made available in two stages:
Stage 1: $30 million available from launch through CY2022
Stage 2: $20 million available from CY2023
Funding is available over 6 years, or until funds are exhausted. RAMPP is expected to provide grants between $1 and $5 million.
Applicants seeking more than $5 million will need to demonstrate exemplary merit with very broad industry benefit.
Information sessions
Arena will hold two identical information sessions on the Program. Attendees will be able to ask questions during these sessions. To register for one of these sessions please use the links below. A recording and the presentation slides will be made available after the sessions.
Session 1: 2 PM – 3 PM AEST Wednesday 6 October 2021
Session 2: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM AEST Tuesday 12 October 2021
Funding guidelines
Before proceeding to Step 2, please read the following documents: