We have a dedicated Neighbour Engagement Team that: 

  • can meet face to face initially to understand the project from your perspective
  • visit your property
  • be your contact point to the project
  • will guide you through the voluntary neighbour agreement process

Many eligible neighbours who have shared their experiences with us since 2023, have provided personal information about their circumstances, property and potential mitigations. We value and respect these insights and hold them in-confidence.

It is for this reason we have not sought to engage with neighbours as a single cohort as we intend to form voluntary agreements with individual owners.

To connect with the Neighbour Engagement Team email: community@energyaustralia.com.au 

Register for Readiness and Resilience Group Session

We want to provide opportunities for neighbours to manage the changes proposed by the project.

We are seeking expressions of interests from neighbours who live or own property near the project to participate in a Resilience and Readiness Group Session.

This is a confidential group session for people experiencing significant change, which is run by an independent facilitator.

To respect this space and the structured opportunity for neighbours, EnergyAustralia would fund the activity but not be a participant or observer.

The Session can help neighbours connect with tools, advice and understanding in a shared collective space that can help individuals prepare and manage change.

To express your interest in participating in the Session email: community@energyaustralia.com.au 

Neighbour agreements

Neighbours are important to us.

We want to ensure they are provided with fair and reasonable supports to manage the changes presented by the project to their properties and livelihoods.

Neighbour agreements will be delivered in a two-stage process.

Stage 1 is a resilience and readiness agreement providing health and wellbeing support on offer from April 2025.

Stage 2 is an impact agreement offered when the Environmental Impact Statement is available on exhibition.  

If you own private property near project site, you may be eligible for a neighbour agreement.

Since 2023 we have been engaging with neighbours with more than 100 conversations informing the development of the neighbour agreement process and financial offerings and supports.

The neighbour agreement process is outlined in the Neighbour Agreement Guide released in March 2025.

Neighbour agreements are commonplace for significant infrastructure and voluntary.

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Energy Australia acknowledges that the site of the proposed Lake Lyell Pumped Hydro project is on the traditional Country of the Wiradjuri People. We recognise their continued connection to land, waterways and community, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.