Kilowatt hours are a way of measuring power consumption. The power industry uses kWh to measure how much power you use, as do most companies […]
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What is the wholesale market?
The wholesale electricity market is known as the National Electricity Market (NEM). This is a regulated market and is operated by the Australian Energy Market […]
What is a distributor?
The network companies (also known as distributors) own and look after the power lines that transmit the electricity from the national grid to your property, […]
What’s a NMI?
Your property has a unique National Metering Identifier (NMI) number identifying it on the Australian electricity network. You can find this on your current power […]
What is a smart meter?
Smart meters differ from current ‘basic’ meters by being able to measure consumption accurately across very small time periods (down to half hours) in the […]
What is peak/off-peak metering?
Peak/off-peak metering involves two separate meters (or two registers on one meter). One measures ‘peak’ usage and the other measures ‘off-peak’ usage. This is usually […]
What is controlled/uncontrolled metering?
Controlled meters measure power use for appliances (usually hot water heating) that the local network company is able to switch off for short periods. For […]
What is a tariff?
Your tariff is a pricing structure and reflects the way your meter is set up. The most common set-ups are “anytime” (single rate), “peak and off […]