Power Purchase Agreements

With Energy prices rising substantially from July 1st 2022, there has never been a more important time to switch your business from a Large to a Small business. Most business owners are classified as small (use under 100MWh’s a year) or large (use over 100MWh’s a year). Table 1 below shows the difference between a small customer on Tariff 20 and a large customer on tariff 44 with Ergon Energy. While Tariff 44 customers enjoy a lower kWh charge, they are charged $45.80 a day to be connected and $26.57 a KW for a demand charge. It is this connection fee and demand charge that can really make up your power bill if you are just above the 100 MWh

With Energy prices set to rise substantially from July 1st 2022, there has never been a better time to look at what Electricity Tariff you are on and how you are being billed by your energy provider. Most business owners are classified as small (use under 100MWh’s a year) or large (use over 100MWh’s a year). Table 1 below shows the difference between a small customer on Tariff 20 and a large customer on tariff 44 with Ergon Energy. While Tariff 44 customers enjoy a lower kWh charge, they are charged $44 .53 a day to be connected and $28.65 a KW for a demand charge. It is this connection fee and demand charge that can really make up your power bill if you

A Power Purchase Agreement, or PPAs, have been gaining popularity as Australian businesses look for security of supply, a smaller carbon footprint and more affordable electricity prices – but what are they and how can they help your business? Want to achieve energy savings and a pathway to Net Zero Energy, but have the following concerns? “I don’t want to allocate a budget for solar, I don’t own the building, I don’t want a long term contract, I don’t want any risk, I am not sure of what my energy future looks like, I want one bill, I want it to be easy.” If your business wants to work towards being Net Zero but does not want to use capital, then