Increased consumer choice around energy use and the adoption of new technologies can greatly influence the future direction of Australia’s electricity system.

Advanced meters are an enabling technology that can be used to provide services that may result in a wide range of benefits for all parties across the electricity supply chain, including consumers. Advances in metering technology, and the energy products and services this technology enables, can give consumers more choice and control. With the right technology, information and price signals, consumers are better able to decide how and when they use electricity, and manage the costs of those decisions.

... facilitates the commercial provision of services enabled by advanced meters, such as access to voltage and other data in real time, to distribution businesses and third parties, while putting in place safeguards to protect consumers from unauthorised access to their metering data and services provided by their meter.