Grid applications – grid-side monitoring and control technologies to reduce network operating costs and support the future planning and implementation of lower-cost networks
Customer applications – residential electricity consumption, reliability, customer behavior and responses to feedback technologies and pricing models. This included an electric vehicle trial and investigations into the interoperability of electricity metering with gas and water metering;
Distributed generation and distributed storage – distributed generation and distributed storage within electricity grids, at the level of small communities; and,
Supporting information and communication technology platforms – integration of various high-speed, reliable and secure data communications network and associated IT systems with the electricity distribution network, including interoperability with the National Broadband Network.
Electricity sector reform
The results of the smart grid trial are revealed at a time when the Australian government seeks to reform regulations governing electricity supply and distribution.
Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane said the Smart Grid, Smart City project report provided further evidence of why the ongoing energy market reform was important to put the maximum downward pressure on electricity bills.
Mr Macfarlane said: “The report shows that these technologies could be used in a way that gives consumers the ability to monitor their energy use and to have greater control over the way they use electricity, including when they access power and at what cost.”
“The full range of issues relating to the energy sector is also being considered in the Government’s comprehensive Energy White Paper process.”
12 Aug 2014
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