** Shares of Locality Planning Energy Holdings Ltd LPE.AX
rise as much as 10.1% to A$0.076, their highest since March 10
** The electricity provider enters partnership with fintech
lender Plenti Group to fund its Solar Bank urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASX1Msl2M
** Plenti to provide interest-free and green energy loans to
LPE customers to drive the uptake of LPE's solar and battery
virtual power plant offering
** Stock posts its biggest intraday percentage gain since
March 17
** Stock down 50.7% YTD, as of last close
(Reporting by Arundhati Dutta in Bengaluru)
((Arundhati.Dutta@thomsonreuters.com;))