Current opportunities
- Applications are now open for the Submetering Grant.
- Applications are now open for the Metering Plan Implementation Grant.
- Applications are now open for the Energy Performance Services Grant.
Expressions of interest are open for the Metering and Monitoring Planning Initiative.
Understanding your business's energy use can help you reduce costs and lower emissions. Installing an energy metering and monitoring system gives you the data needed to identify inefficiencies, track performance and make informed decisions. It’s a vital component of effective facility management.
Metering and monitoring systems provide valuable data to measure and optimise energy performance. They can help your business:
- save around 5 to 15% in energy costs
- operate your facility more effectively and improve energy performance
- identify options for electrification to reduce energy costs and emissions
- track and report your energy performance
- access government support for equipment upgrades.
Support and funding for metering and monitoring projects
We’re investing $12 million to help NSW businesses maximise the benefits of installing an energy metering and monitoring system. This includes 3 initiatives to support each stage of your metering and monitoring journey.
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Metering and monitoring planning
- Investigate and collect existing data
- Identify sub-metering gaps
- Develop a detailed plan
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Metering implementation
- Install permanent submeters
- Configure data for reporting
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Energy performance services
- Leverage your submetering insights to drive targeted energy performance improvements.
Receive up to $20,000, covering up to 50% of the project cost, to install permanent submeters for tracking energy use in equipment and processes.
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Receive between $20,001 and $100,000, covering up to 50% of the project costs, to support comprehensive metering upgrades, informed by metering and monitoring plans.
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Receive up to $50,000, covering up to 50% of the project costs, to support the effective use of your submetering data and turn those insights into impactful action.
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Metering and Monitoring Planning Initiative
Assess your metering and monitoring needs, with up to $15,000 available to access help from our specialist panel.
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Resources to help you get started
Read our quick fact sheets to learn how metering and monitoring can support different business goals. They feature results from NSW Government funded metering and monitoring projects across the state.
- The business benefits of metering: a guide for executives (PDF, 243 KB)
- Making the business case with data-driven insights (PDF, 267 KB)
- Metering and monitoring for emissions reduction reporting (PDF, 340 KB)
- Smarter energy use in production and quality control (PDF, 315 KB)
- Metering strategies for commercial buildings (PDF, 245 KB)
- Use metering to manage peak demand costs in manufacturing (PDF, 250 KB)
Read our practical guides for how to get started with installing a metering and monitoring system.
Success stories
Learn how other NSW businesses are taking advantage of our support to make the case for energy and cost-saving equipment upgrades.
Baked goods manufacturer Tip Top upgraded the metering system at their Chullora site in 2021, with funding from the NSW Government. Watch their story to learn about the unexpected places they found energy savings, and their equipment upgrade plans across Australia and New Zealand.
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Collecting robust data in a NSW Government heat pump feasibility pilot showed pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that they could reduce boiler energy use by 33.8%. Watch how the study guided them to install a heat pump in the next stage of their emissions reduction journey.
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