Latest Energy Market News
Prepare for Summer peaks in energy usage now?
Don’t wait until Summer to look at your electricity invoices and wonder what you could do to reduce them. Act now! Negawatt Energy Solutions has a range of options for reducing your energy consumption during the warmer months when air conditioning often becomes your...
What is Power Factor and Why does it Matter?
In recent years, many networks have changed the way that they charge for Demand and Capacity. Your network tariff has changed the Demand component from being charged on the basis of kW, to being charged on the basis of kVa. This means that if you have poor...
Purification and Treatment of HVAC
With COVID-19 not looking like going anywhere, we have been asked about the availability of HVAC treatment systems to minimise the risks of exposure in Corporate, Hospitality and Retail Environments. We have been looking at an air purification system for HVAC, it...
Electricity Market Update
Pricing over recent months has been extremely low, with retail pricing dropping by over 40% from January highs. These reductions have been in part due to previously unavailable generation assets coming back on-line, but largely due to reduced demand from COVID-19...
Strange Charges in SA?
Do you have a site in South Australia? Received an invoice with some strange Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) charges on it that are astronomically high? These charges are Frequency Control Ancillary Charges (FCAS) and are applied by AEMO due to extraordinary...
Electricity Cost relief
Has your business been impacted by the COVID-19 “lockdowns”? Let’s be serious, unless you are a bank, everyone has been impacted. It is still a moving feast, but there are a range of relief programs starting to be announced. Most retailers are not offering anything...