Australia - Smart Grids - The Market in 2008 - Document Details

This will be a crunch year for smart grids. Fortunately the implementation of the government’s smart meter project, planned for 2007, has been delayed till 2009, enabling the utilities involved to review their plans, while at the same time allowing for a national review of the regulatory regime. This needs to be changed so that utilities will be encouraged to invest in smart grids rather than smart meters. Another government plan, the introduction of the national broadband network, also requires a review to enable it to be used for telemetry IP applications, which can be linked into the smart grid infrastructure.

1. Synopsis
2. Will we get it right in 2008?
- 2.1 Smart grids require regulatory changes
- 2.2 NBN requires regulatory changes
- 2.3 International benchmarks
3. ICT solutions for global warming and energy saving
4. Smart grid concept gathering momentum for the first time
5. The national debate
- 5.1 Victoria is holding the country back
- 5.2 Political backlash
- 5.3 Government still stuck in old-world thinking
- 5.4 Leadership is all that is needed
6. Industry issues
- 6.1 Utilities need to be modernised
- 6.2 Technology solutions need to be followed through
7. Holistic view – broadband, smart grids and E-Health
8. Separate background report
9. Other related reports