Mrs PHILLIPS (Gilmore) (16:16): People on the New South Wales South Coast certainly know disasters and resilience. The small but beautiful villages of Bawley Point and Kioloa were the first villages to be hit by the 2019-20 Currowan bushfire. What do you do when you lose power and communications, you are cut off because the road's blocked, your food is rotting and you can't pump water because the power is out? These are the very real issues that people faced. But today I'm here to tell a good story, born out of disaster but turned into resilience, and the most unselfish thing people could do: leave a legacy and ensure the power system is more reliable.

Together, Endeavour Energy and the community, helped by federal funding and the state bushfire local economy recovery fund grant, started down the path to build New South Wales's first microgrid, with significant community input. Recently we celebrated an important milestone—the 100th solar panel and battery installed, which supplies and stores power, helping to ease the cost of living; and the microgrid, helping to keep the power on when disaster strikes. I witnessed the system working at the Kioloa Rural Fire Service station.

I want to pay particular thanks to Endeavour Energy and their crews of workers that I personally witnessed working around the clock to restore power during the Currowan bushfire; to the local RFS brigades and Marine Rescue; and to the many local organisations and community members that were there for their community during the bushfire but were also there to celebrate this milestone. This is the first of its kind, and something that I hope we will see more of.