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Edge Utilities

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3905 9220

Address: Level 20, 444 Queen Street 4000 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: https://edgeutilities.com.au/

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25.01.2022 The South Australian government mandated the Smarter Homes changes to take effect from 28th September 2020, for all embedded generation. These amendments to the regulation are planned to revolutionise the way distributed energy resources interact with the grid. To find out more, click link https://edgeutilities.com.au/solar-ride-through/ ... #edgeutilities #edge2020 #solar #solarpassthrough #bodycorporate #strata #utilites

22.01.2022 Although vitally important to the operations of your business, many business owners won’t have the time to personally compare and select the best energy deals for their company or handle the administration involved with managing their existing account. That’s why so many businesses hand over this responsibility to Edge Utilities. We can do this for you. We are professional energy consultants or as most people know us, an independent broker. To use our services, your business ...will need to provide us with a valid signed and dated letter of authority. Without a this, we cannot legally complete the following jobs on your behalf: *correspond and liaise with your current energy supplier to deal with any service and/or billing queries on your behalf. * organise energy-related maintenance or upgrade appointments with your supplier, such as smart meter installations. * submit meter readings or collect energy consumption data collected by your supplier for energy management purposes. * start the process of renewing or switching energy supplier contracts or negotiate with other suppliers to find your business an improved deal (subject to your final approval). Are you ready to maximise value on your utilities spend? #edgeutilities #edge2020 #utilities #bodycorporate #strata

22.01.2022 What is a VPP? Find out here https://edgeutilities.com.au/what-is-a-vpp/ ... #edgeutilities #VirtualPowerPlant #bodycorporate #utilities

20.01.2022 Leverage our expertise Utility markets are dynamic and complex, and we ensure you understand market risks and what’s driving your utilities rates. Our markets, advisory and trading teams analyse and trade energy markets daily, using their knowledge and experience to forecast utilities prices and optimise procurement solutions.... Backed by Edge2020, our established industry networks and powerful, customised systems mean you’ll be informed how and when to secure the most competitive utilities deals. #edgeutilities #edge2020 #informedprocurement #value #utilities #save #money

19.01.2022 A letter from founder & director of Edge2020, formerly Edge Energy Services, and Edge Utilities, Stacey Vacher. With 20 years of experience in engineering and applied finance in Europe and Australia, I am beyond passionate about financial markets. In 2007, after a period managing sophisticated procurement for a large retailer and some of the country’s largest energy users, I launched an independent energy management company Edge Energy Services. Soon to be rebranded as Edge...2020, a portfolio management, trading and brokerage business for large energy users, retailers and renewable generators. The Edge team are highly experienced energy professionals, with diverse backgrounds in back, middle, and front office roles. With over $1 billion under management, the team operate in a high risk, high pressure environment. Each decision can mean the difference in saving or losing millions of dollars. I invest heavily in my people, my systems, my processes, and specialist independent third-party quantitative experts, to give my business every opportunity to get decisions right. The Edge team becomes your industry-based team of experts, on hand to inform, educate, assist, and act when required. Edge is a small business managing big business. Operating under an Australian Financial Service Licence (AFSL) covering electricity, environmental and carbon products for wholesale clients. Edge maintains an ISO9001 Quality Management System, with a focus on managing risk and delivering to the highest possible standard. Edge have built strong working relationships with most major generation and retail counterparties in the National Electricity Market, and wholesale trading entities in Australia, including many renewable generators. This year my team and I have been focused on the launch of Edge Utilities. It’s not only enterprise clients who require the know-how to lower their energy costs. It’s equally as crucial for businesses, Strata and Body Corporates, looking to reduce electricity, gas and / or hot water costs. Edge Utilities was created to bring more value to energy brokerage in this market segment. Edge Utilities brings the sophistication of wholesale trading and risk management to retail brokerage deals. Leveraging the expertise, know-how and buying power of Australia’s largest independently managed energy portfolio, Edge Utilities helps businesses, Strata and Body Corporates pay less. The Edge team are also at your disposal, for when you need assistance in understanding anything relating to your invoices, costs, or energy markets. They are there to help. At Edge Utilities, we can help you take back control of your utilities contracts. We’ve refined our offering, and our brand. And we’re standing by to help you secure the best value utilities solutions on the market. The Edge team look forward to working with you. Kind regards, Stacey

19.01.2022 Edge has strategic partnerships in place to provide customised solutions to allow end users to receive the benefits of renewable generation and the use of battery storage. We are using cutting edge technology to maximise the efficient use of the renewable energy and reduce the cost to end users. We are installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations into some of our Strata/Body Corporate schemes, to maximise the use of renewable energy produced during the day from onsite g...eneration. This allows tenants to charge their vehicles overnight rather than charging from the grid. Contact us to find out how we can provide the solutions to help you save money and the planet. 1800 334 336 OR EMAIL [email protected]

18.01.2022 In the 1989 film Back to the Future Part 2, we were promised by 2015 we would have hover boards and flying cars. Now I know we shouldn’t believe everything we see on TV, but I think a few people feel robbed of the future they were promised! The Tesla self-driving car and a Segway is about as close as we have got by 2020. So, when CSIRO, Australia’s main scientific research body, state the whole of Australia’s car fleet will be electric by 2050 I will take it with a pinch of s...alt, but I may dive deeper to see if there is merit in the claim. For more, read out article: https://edgeutilities.com.au/back-to-the-future-part-ii-st/ Written by: Kate Turner #EdgeUtilities #Future #Tesla

16.01.2022 BIG GREEN ENERGY... the new name for BIG OIL? AUTHOR: KATE TURNER - SENIOR MANAGER, MARKETS AND ADVISORY In a research note from an analyst at Goldman Sachs it is claimed that spending on renewable energy will overtake that in the Oil and Gas sector for the first time in 2021. This would equate to a 25% spend of all-energy in 2021 increasing from 15% in 2014. Further to this they are also estimating that US$30 Trillion would need to be invested in de-carbonising the sector ...Continue reading

14.01.2022 What a great way to kick off a Friday - some fun in the sun and new corporate photos! #edgeutilities #edgeteam

14.01.2022 The retail energy space has been impacted heavily in the last 12 months beginning with the effect of COVID-19, which saw underlying costs of electricity production decrease significantly. It is predicted that these low costs will remain for the next 6 to 12 months as the Australian economy begins to rebuild itself. Following the impact of COVID-19, came price changes with the introduction of the Default Market Offer (DMO) and Victorian Default Offer (VDO). Read our article fo...r more about how our energy bills are changing: https://lnkd.in/gbduJEe Written by: Alex Driscoll #EdgeUtilities #Energy #Utilities

14.01.2022 No discussion on the future of renewable energy mixes can be complete without discussing battery storage. Over 20,000 small scale batteries were installed in 2019. This means that the capacity of household batteries has now exceeded 1GWh within Australia. This distributed energy sourcing will be developed further over the next few years. These batteries combined with mobile batteries in electric vehicles, can be used as Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), creating community energy. ...Regional governments are supporting this through time of use feed in tariffs schemes, such as the distributed energy buyback scheme in WA. Currently there are over 15 projects under construction, and the majority are being developed alongside major wind and solar farms. This will ensure the benefits and costs of development of these opportunities can be recouped as soon as possible. In addition, those retailers with ageing plants such as AGL’s Liddell, which is due to close in 2023, have development plans for large scale renewable and batteries on the sites to support the transition to green technology. This investment business case is being supported by the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO’s) Integrated System Plan (ISP). It is anticipated that 30GW of industrial scale generation will be needed over the next 20 years, as ageing thermal fleets are retired. This will need the support of 21GW of dispatchable energy to support the intermittency of these new technologies. The Australian Research Community is also investing in the development of these technologies. Research grants are being awarded to find ways that these technologies can operate in Australia’s hot climate. As our climate is not ideal for these types of technologies, it is important to research ways that the full life cycle can be achieved. Some Western Australian companies are successfully recycling up to 95-98% of old lithium batteries. Want to know how your business, strata or Body Corporate can benefit from installing a battery to your PV? Contact us on 1800 334 336 or email us [email protected]

13.01.2022 Monday Motivation - Such a courageous post by, such an inspirational woman. #itaintweaktospeak #itsoktonotbeok #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #depression #anxiety #mindfulness #wellbeing #selfcare #wellness #health #selflove #mentalillness

12.01.2022 In this unprecedented global health crisis, COVID-19 is affecting every part of our society so, taking on another global issue like climate change doesn’t sit top of many companies, governments or individual’s to-do list. However, this year the Kyoto Protocol comes to an end and the Paris agreement comes into effect and the push to a cleaner and greener economy has already gained momentum. With targets and legislation already in place, many companies are discussing what this ...could mean for their business. So, let us go back to the start. There are lots of key-word terms thrown around nowadays. Sustainability, carbon footprints, global warming, social responsibility, the list goes on. What do they really mean? How do they apply to us on an individual and corporate level and what are we supposed to do with them? Read our article for more: www.linkedin.com//what-your-carbon-footprint-how-can-you-/ Written by: Kate Turner #EdgeUtilities #CarbonFootprint #GoGreen #CleanEnergy

11.01.2022 A Big Battery in Wine Country?? An announcement was made on Friday by CEP Energy to build the World’s Biggest Battery. This comes on the back of similar announcements from other market participants in recent weeks. The location has the benefits of being located in an industrial precinct with connection into the NEM via an existing sub-station.... Surrounded by magnificent natural beauty, and only two hours from Sydney, the Hunter Valley is an unrivalled destination that has delighted since vines first thrived in the 1820s. To read why it is an ideal location for a Big Battery click on link https://edgeutilities.com.au/cep-big-battery/ #edgeutilities #edge2020 #battery #batterystorage #huntervalley

11.01.2022 The Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO) recently published the 2020 Integrated System Plan (ISP) which is intended to maximise the value to end users by developing the market through an optimal development pathway. The ISP was endorsed by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council in 2018, and has since guided governments, the industry and consumers on investments needed for an affordable, secure, and reliable energy future. The ISP is a 20-year roa...dmap for the National Electricity Market (NEM) and is updated by AEMO every two years with their response to the latest technology, economic, policy and system developments. The report identifies investment choices and recommends essential actions to optimise consumer benefits. To read more about the 2020 ISP, read our article: https://edgeutilities.com.au/2020-isp/ Written by: Alex Driscoll #EdgeUtilities #AEMO #2020ISP #EnergyMarket

10.01.2022 In July 2019, Edge was engaged by a global company spending over $30 million per annum on electricity in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to conduct strategy review, development and implementation. Edge worked closely with procurement managers to develop a strategy that best fit the company’s drivers and objectives, whilst acknowledging market characteristics, risks and fundamentals. Edge conducted a number of educational sessions, including workshops with senior (C-suit...e) management, focusing on the NEM, procurement strategies, and timing to market. Three major retail counterparties were short listed in extensive negotiations over a number of months. Final pricing was delayed on a number of occasions as the market continued to soften. In June 2020 Edge finalised strategy implementation, securing a 28.5% saving on the client’s energy costs, and pricing 18.1% under the two year market average for the forward period contracted. Managing Director, Stacey Vacher, led strategy review and development. Implementation was spearheaded by Senior Manager, Markets and Advisory, Kate Turner. Both were supported by Edge’s markets, trading and advisory team. #strategy #development #implementation #educate #procurement #energy #energycosts #markets #trading #negotiation #contract

10.01.2022 The world has certainly changed in the last six months. So many aspects of our lives have been altered by something we can’t control and left us wondering if things will ever go back to normal. While this has brought trouble and uncertainty, it has also given us a chance to pause. At Edge Utilities, we’ve used this time to Re.Think how we can help businesses, Strata and Body Corporates take back control of their utilities contracts. We’ve refined our offering, and our brand. ...And we’re standing by to help you secure the best value utilities solutions on the market. The first quarter of 2020 (Q120) has seen the lowest wholesale electricity and gas prices in the National Electricity Market (NEM) since 2016. Some key drivers include: East coast wholesale gas prices averaged $5.63/GJ, down from $9.75/GJ in 2019 Power system events result in higher system costs Falls in Electricity futures Weather NEW Spot Prices Electricity Demand ASX Are you ready to Re.Think your utilities contracts to save money and get better value? Download a copy of the full Quarterly Report here: https://edgeutilities.com.au/quarterly-report-q120/ #EdgeUtilities #Energy #Utilities #Strata #BodyCorporate #Q120

09.01.2022 We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We'll share a dream and sing with one voice "I am, you are, we are Australian"

08.01.2022 The New Best Seller: The Hydrogen Games There is no doubt that Hydrogen is the new kid on the block. Even amongst all the COVID-19 news the Government managed to launch their $300M Advancing Hydrogen Fund. This was controversial as they have allowed not just Hydrogen production from green sources but also brown-hydrogen, hydrogen produced from traditional fuel sources such as coal and gas, as long as, the as yet unproven, Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) technology is being used........ To read more, view our article: https://lnkd.in/gz_4uGm Written by: Kate Turner #EdgeUtilities #Hydrogen #BestSellers

08.01.2022 The utilities market is complex and always changing, and it’s crucial for businesses, Strata and Body Corporates to understand their energy, gas and hot water contracts. We have an in-depth understanding of the needs and regulations in the management of Strata and Body Corporate operations and finance, and we are ready to share our knowledge with you in order to maximise value on your utilities spends. It is important to understand part of the process that goes behind produci...ng the energy that is consumed by your business, Strata or Body Corporate. Read our article to learn more about the National Electricity Market (NEM): www.edgeutilities.com.au/an-introduction-to-the-nem/ #EdgeUtilities #NEM #Electricity

06.01.2022 On Thursday August 27th, 2020, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) published its latest Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO). The ESOO is a 10-year projection of electricity supply reliability in the National Electricity Market (NEM). This year’s ESOO has assessed the impact that COVID-19 had on the NEM, and what affect this could potentially have on the outlook’s uncertainty. This combined with the change in generation mix, demand changes, and gas market ch...anges has provided a positive outcome, causing AEMO to forecast no unserved energy (USE) for the upcoming summer season. Read our full article here: www.edgeutilities.com.au/the-electricity-statement-of-oppo/ Written by: Alex Driscoll #EdgeUtilities #AEMO #ESOO

05.01.2022 Every Strata or Body Corporate wants to save their owners money on energy, gas and hot water bills. But does a cheaper deal also come with a supply risk? How do you know if your current contracts are still the best available for your specific needs? A complex market with frequent price fluctuations and supply changes makes it hard to know if you’re getting the best value for your utility bills. Edge Utilities ensures that your Strata or Body Corporate gets the best value on y...our utilities spend, backed by reliable providers. We give you confidence that you’re securing the best possible utilities contracts and ensure that they’re expertly managed moving forward. #EdgeUtilities

03.01.2022 HYDRO HEDGE Hydro Tasmania sell the right to the energy during the parts of the day when prices are high and buy energy when prices are low. This product allows retailers and large users to manage their price risk that are increasing as the market changes with the increased penetration of intermittent generation. ... The deal provides 20MW of storage to Macquarie and Shell through virtual access to the stored energy. Article written by Alex Driscoll, Senior Manager Markets and Trading Edge2020 & Edge Utilities Read more here: edgeutilities.com.au/hydro-hedge/ #edgeutilities #edge2020 #energy #storage #retailers #bodycorporate #strata

02.01.2022 Ergon Network Charges The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) released their final determination on the 25th of June for Ergon Energy’s notified pricing for regional customers in FY21. These prices will apply from 01 July 2020. In general, consumers should note the following information published by the QCA:... Small customer bills are expected to decrease up to approximately 15%, primarily due to a reduction in wholesale energy costs. Large customer bills are expected to decrease over 10%, primarily due to a reduction in wholesale energy costs and a projected reduction in network costs. A number of obsolete tariffs will remain unchanged, with most due to expire 01 July 2021. Two tariffs are scheduled to continue until 01 July 2022. Any customers on an obsolete tariff should be looking to identify which tariff to move to, and can contact Edge to optimise this decision. For any business on Ergon notified pricing, Edge can review your FY21 costs to identify your expected savings, to ensure you are on the lowest cost tariff, and to ensure the contestable market wouldn’t present even further energy cost savings for your business. Please note that the indicative tariff savings within are general only, and customers should rely on site specific analysis to determine their individual circumstances. We look forward to hearing from you. #electricity #electrical #electric #power #energy #energycosts #renewableenergy #electronics #solarenergy #solar #technology #solarpower #solarpanels #construction #cleanenergy#generator

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