Abstract
Overview
Introduction
Growth in peak demand is placing increasing pressure on Australia's generating
capacity and utilities are under increased pressure to reduce demand. At the
residential level, this is being focused around encouraging changes to
consumers' behaviour, making them aware of the benefits of energy-efficient
appliances and reducing use of the most energy-hungry appliances.
Scope
- Survey of over 2000 households in Australia to identify their current and
short-term adoption of energy efficiency measures.
- Interviews with selected utilities engaged in trials or larger-scale
deployment of smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure.
Report Highlights
Surveys show a high share of consumers in Australia are already purchasing
energy efficient appliances and are taking various steps to be more energy
efficient. While only one quarter of those surveyed use or are expected to use
expenditure monitors in the next 12 months, time-of-use pricing is of interest
to over 50% of consumers.
Utilities' trials of time-of-use pricing and critical peak pricing have shown
significant reductions in peak demand as well as savings for the vast majority
of customers. Utilities own surveys also showed the majority of those on
trials would recommend time-of-use tariffs.
Reasons to Purchase
- Identify residential consumers' attitudes to time-of-use pricing and
energy efficiency measures.
- Track the developments of trials and deployments of advanced metering
infrastructure.
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