The continuing controversy into Wellington's proposed gas fired power station may heat up at a public meeting at the Wellington Soldiers Club on March 19 at 7pm.
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Peter Carter from the NSW Farmers' local branch said they had invited proponents ERM Power to the meeting.
"The claimants who will be there are against the project," he said. "They are upset over a number of issues in relation this. There is a need for a public discussion on this and that's why we're doing this.
"We asked the council in Wellington to organise something, but they weren't prepared to do it, so we have organised it," Mr Carter said.
Meanwhile, in a breakthrough, the long-running stand-off over Australia's renewable energy target appears closer than ever, with the government and clean energy industry expressing optimism that a deal can be done.
Wellington's Bodangora Windfarm, which has NSW planning approval, has been delayed because of the uncertainty.
A compromise would unlock investment in Australia's $20 billion renewable energy industry, which has been frozen since the Coalition won power in 2013.
It has been more than 12 months since the Abbott government launched a review of the bipartisan target, which calls for 41,000 gigawatt hours of annual renewable energy production by 2020.
There has been a political impasse after Labor rejected a push by the government to reduce the target to about 26,000 gigawatt hours - a figure regarded as a "true 20 per cent" of electricity production given declining energy consumption.
Labor refused a fresh offer this week that would have set the figure at 31,000, which the industry said was too low and would devastate investment and jobs.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt has resumed talks with the sector and both sides say momentum is now building toward a deal.
"I would regard this as the most significant discussion yet with the industry," Mr Hunt said. "The potential exists for a breakthrough.
It is understood a compromise could address the volume of surplus renewable energy certificates in the market, a problem that has arisen in part because of ongoing investment uncertainty due to the review.
Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton said a deal could see the target increased in the short term to absorb a surplus of about 14 million certificates during the next two to three years. The overall target by 2020 would still face a cut but it remained unclear what the final figure would be.
Mr Thornton said there appeared to be a willingness from both sides now to reach a resolution
"Both Minister Hunt and (Industry Minister) Ian Macfarlane had said that's part of what they're considering," Mr Thornton said. "We're getting a pretty positive response now."
