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Allow an Aggregator to Control Use

Allow an Aggregator to Control Use

  1. More renewables
  2. 6 months
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Alternative Ownership Options

Alternative Ownership Options

  1. More renewables
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Arrange Bulk Buys for Solar or Hot Water

Arrange Bulk Buys for Solar or Hot Water

  1. More renewables
  2. 4 months
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Control Many Small Solar & Loads

Control Many Small Solar & Loads

  1. Reliability
  2. 6 months
  3. Drive innovation
  4. Varies
Create Bespoke Tariffs with a Retailer

Create Bespoke Tariffs with a Retailer

  1. More renewables
  2. 1 year
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Create Mobile Solar/Battery Systems (content to follow)

Create Mobile Solar/Battery Systems (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 6 months
  3. Reliability
  4. $0.1m
Create a Retailer

Create a Retailer

  1. Have more say
  2. 3 years
  3. Drive innovation
  4. $3m +
Create a Smart Controls Partnership (content to follow)

Create a Smart Controls Partnership (content to follow)

  1. Self sufficiency
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Create a Sustainable House Day Tour (content to follow)

Create a Sustainable House Day Tour (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. Varies
  3. Drive innovation
  4. Varies
Create a White-Label Retailer

Create a White-Label Retailer

  1. More renewables
  2. 2 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $1m +
Create an Energy Efficiency Partnership (content to follow)

Create an Energy Efficiency Partnership (content to follow)

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Deliver Deep Energy Retrofits

Deliver Deep Energy Retrofits

  1. More renewables
  2. 1.5 years
  3. Fairer share for all
  4. Varies
Deliver Energy Audits

Deliver Energy Audits

  1. Lower power bills
  2. 3 months
  3. Fairer share for all
  4. Varies
Demonstrate Smart Control & Monitors (content to follow)

Demonstrate Smart Control & Monitors (content to follow)

  1. Drive innovation
  2. Varies
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. Varies
Develop a Solar Garden

Develop a Solar Garden

  1. More renewables
  2. 2 years
  3. Fairer share for all
  4. $0.5m
Facilitate Quotes from Trusted Suppliers

Facilitate Quotes from Trusted Suppliers

  1. Lower power bills
  2. 3 months
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Fund Solar/Battery for Critical Buildings (content to follow)

Fund Solar/Battery for Critical Buildings (content to follow)

  1. Reliability
  2. 6 months
  3. More renewables
  4. $50k
Help Projects get Grants & Finance (content to follow)

Help Projects get Grants & Finance (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Install Basic Energy Efficient Products

Install Basic Energy Efficient Products

  1. Lower power bills
  2. 3 months
  3. Fairer share for all
  4. Varies
Invest in Big Renewables (content to follow)

Invest in Big Renewables (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Invest in Solar for a Large Organisation

Invest in Solar for a Large Organisation

  1. More renewables
  2. 1 year
  3. Lower power bills
  4. $0.2m
Invest in a Battery for an Organisation

Invest in a Battery for an Organisation

  1. More renewables
  2. 6 months
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $0.1m
Partner with a NILS Provider (content to follow)

Partner with a NILS Provider (content to follow)

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Partner with a Not-for-Profit Organisation (content to follow)

Partner with a Not-for-Profit Organisation (content to follow)

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Partner with a Project Developer (content to follow)

Partner with a Project Developer (content to follow)

  1. Lower power bills
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Partner with a Research Organisation (content to follow)

Partner with a Research Organisation (content to follow)

  1. Drive innovation
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Partner with an Electricity Retailer (content to follow)

Partner with an Electricity Retailer (content to follow)

  1. Have more say
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Partner with an Innovator (content to follow)

Partner with an Innovator (content to follow)

  1. Drive innovation
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Partner with an Installer (content to follow)

Partner with an Installer (content to follow)

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Partner with your Electricity Network (content to follow)

Partner with your Electricity Network (content to follow)

  1. Reliability
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Partner with your Local Government (content to follow)

Partner with your Local Government (content to follow)

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. Varies
  3. Have more say
  4. Varies
Plan for Economic Development

Plan for Economic Development

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. 2 years
  3. Have more say
  4. $100k
Plan for Net Zero Emissions

Plan for Net Zero Emissions

  1. More renewables
  2. 2 years
  3. Have more say
  4. $100k
Plan for Net Zero Energy

Plan for Net Zero Energy

  1. Self sufficiency
  2. 2 years
  3. Have more say
  4. $100k
Plan for Resilience

Plan for Resilience

  1. Reliability
  2. 2 years
  3. Have more say
  4. $100k
Plan for ‘Totally Renewable’

Plan for ‘Totally Renewable’

  1. More renewables
  2. 2 years
  3. Have more say
  4. $100k
Promote Building Upgrade Finance (content to follow)

Promote Building Upgrade Finance (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Promote Energy Performance Contracting (content to follow)

Promote Energy Performance Contracting (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Promote Green Power Products

Promote Green Power Products

  1. More renewables
  2. Start Today
  3. Drive innovation
  4. No cost
Promote Virtual Power Plant Offers

Promote Virtual Power Plant Offers

  1. Drive innovation
  2. Start Today
  3. More renewables
  4. No cost
Provide an Energy Information Service (content to follow)

Provide an Energy Information Service (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. Varies
  3. Fairer share for all
  4. Varies
Recommend Products & Rebates (content to follow)

Recommend Products & Rebates (content to follow)

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Retail through Peer to Peer or Blockchain

Retail through Peer to Peer or Blockchain

  1. Drive innovation
  2. 6 months
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Run DIY Energy Efficiency Workshops (content to follow)

Run DIY Energy Efficiency Workshops (content to follow)

  1. Fairer share for all
  2. Varies
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Run an Electric Vehicle Showcase Event (content to follow)

Run an Electric Vehicle Showcase Event (content to follow)

  1. Drive innovation
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Sell Basic Energy Efficient Appliances

Sell Basic Energy Efficient Appliances

  1. Lower power bills
  2. 3 months
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. Varies
Set up Community Solar on a Large Roof

Set up Community Solar on a Large Roof

  1. More renewables
  2. 6 months
  3. Lower power bills
  4. $0.2m
Set up Flywheel Storage (content to follow)

Set up Flywheel Storage (content to follow)

  1. Self sufficiency
  2. 2 years
  3. Drive innovation
  4. $1m
Set up Gravity Storage (content to follow)

Set up Gravity Storage (content to follow)

  1. Drive innovation
  2. 5 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $20m
Set up Pumped Hydro Storage (content to follow)

Set up Pumped Hydro Storage (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 4 years
  3. Drive innovation
  4. $5m +
Set up a Biogas Generator (content to follow)

Set up a Biogas Generator (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 2 years
  3. Drive innovation
  4. $1m +
Set up a Biomass Generator (content to follow)

Set up a Biomass Generator (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 3 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $5m +
Set up a Community Battery (content to follow)

Set up a Community Battery (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 1.5 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $0.5m
Set up a Community Battery with a User (content to follow)

Set up a Community Battery with a User (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 1.5 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $0.5m
Set up a Community Investment Vehicle (content to follow)

Set up a Community Investment Vehicle (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 2 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $0.2m
Set up a Community Revolving Fund (content to follow)

Set up a Community Revolving Fund (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 1 year
  3. Fairer share for all
  4. $20k
Set up a Hydro Generator (content to follow)

Set up a Hydro Generator (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 2 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $0.7m
Set up a Microgrid

Set up a Microgrid

  1. Reliability
  2. 3 years
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. $3m +
Set up a Power Purchasing Agreement

Set up a Power Purchasing Agreement

  1. More renewables
  2. 1 year
  3. Self sufficiency
  4. Varies
Set up a Solar Farm

Set up a Solar Farm

  1. More renewables
  2. 3 years
  3. Have more say
  4. $3m +
Set up a Wind Turbine

Set up a Wind Turbine

  1. More renewables
  2. 4 years
  3. Have more say
  4. $3m +
Set up other Generation or Storage (content to follow)

Set up other Generation or Storage (content to follow)

  1. Drive innovation
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies
Transform Community Buildings (content to follow)

Transform Community Buildings (content to follow)

  1. More renewables
  2. 1 year
  3. Lower power bills
  4. Varies
Trial Innovative Ideas at Public Sites (content to follow)

Trial Innovative Ideas at Public Sites (content to follow)

  1. Drive innovation
  2. Varies
  3. More renewables
  4. Varies