Australia: If you live in a rural or regional town, or an out of town rural area, and have a normal electricity supply of 240 volts, you can help the Alternative Technology Association by taking part in a survey.

We are looking for 250 volunteers and the survey will take about 25 minutes to complete.

To complete the survey, you will need your last four electricity bills handy. You also must not be living in a metropolitan area.

The ATA has received funding through the National Electricity Market to conduct research comparing the expected costs of a stand alone power system (that is, owning your own power supply), to the costs of being connected to the distribution network.

The Market and Social Research Privacy Principles will apply to the survey, so you are assured that the data will be de-identified and no personal information will appear in the report.

The results will be published in ReNew magazine, and the data and information will be of significant use to the ATA in its ongoing advocacy work on behalf of rural and regional people in the National Electricity Market.

Source: http://www.ata.org.au/news/help-atas-research-into-energy-supply-options-for-rural-households/