The Australian Energy Council has published a discussion paper on the growing role of consumers in the energy transition and how to better tap into that potential.
The Australian Energy Council is an industry association representing major electricity and natural gas businesses in the competitive wholesale and retail energy markets.
The discussion paper notes:
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Consumers are heavily involved in this energy transition. Residential and small business consumers have been adopting small-scale energy resources such as rooftop solar systems (nearly 4 million homes now have solar PV), behind-the-meter battery storage, energy management systems and electricity vehicles (EVs) rapidly. These Consumer Energy Resources (CER) are now a feature of the energy system.
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The challenge for the energy sector now is how to tap the full potential of CER – shift away just trying to manage these kinds of CER impacts to fully harnessing and tapping into the benefits it can deliver to our energy grid, as well as the households and businesses that have installed solar and batteries or have electric vehicles. Energy retailers are uniquely positioned to help consumers navigate this energy transition.
“Australia’s Energy Future:
Consumer Energy Resources,” Australian Energy Council, June 17, 2024.
Read the full discussion paper originally published by the Australian Energy Council on June 17, 2024.
