What is PowerSmart Home?

PowerSmart Home allows you to take control of the way you use your electricity and the price you will pay for it. By changing some of your daily routines it provides the flexibility to move your electricity consumption to less expensive time periods.

The changes to your daily routine don’t have to be big, either. Small changes like when using major appliances, such as clothes dryers, dishwashers and pool pumps can all help minimise your energy usage costs – meaning lower energy bills.

How does PowerSmart Home work?

With PowerSmart Home the day is divided into three different time-bands which are called Peak, Shoulder and Off Peak. Your electricity is measured using a meter that records electricity consumption in 30 minute intervals and the electricity rates are different in each of these time-bands, so you pay different rates for your electricity according to the time of day it is used.

A higher rate is charged during the Peak period, than in the Shoulder and Off Peak periods. So your rate is less when the demand for electricity is lower and more when it is higher.

The information below can help you choose when is the best time to use electricity in order to save on electricity bills.

How do I move to PowerSmart Home?

In order to move to PowerSmart Home you need to have a meter installed which supports PowerSmart Home. EnergyAustralia can check if you have a meter at your home and if you do not we can organise the installation. The meter records how much electricity is used in 30 minute intervals, and this means that different rates for electricity can be charged at different times of the day.

Please Note: You now have the option to switch from PowerSmart Home rates to Domestic All Time rates. Please call us on 13 15 35 to find out how.

Available to customers in the Ausgrid network area only.