Energy Market for Smart People 3

1. What this might
mean for households
and businesses

2. A whole new
range of ways to see
how much energy you
use at home, at exactly
what time of day and
by what appliance.
On the internet, smart
phone, or a display
screen inside
at home.

3. Digital electricity
meters so that utilities
know exactly where
and when power is
used and can target
their energy savings
better.

4. More adoption of
‘time-of-use’ energy
tariffs. (When you pay
less to run appliances
at night, and more in
the early evening, to
Night Rate
Peak Rate
save money).
$ $

5. More ‘green deals’
for homes, where
households or
businesses sign up to
meet energy targets
and get rewards to
meet them.

6. 25%
Industry and business
use three quarters of
electricity in Australia
75%
Special contracts,
deals and even direct
payments for big
business to save
energy.

7. More electric
vehicles that charge
from and discharge
to the grid, helping
to balance power
loads.

8. Voluntary
agreements for an
energy company to
turn some appliances
down remotely a few
minutes, on a few
days a year, in return
for lower bills.