Cost Control in a Volatile Energy Market: Delivering Measurable Value
Energy Costs Are Rising, and Businesses Are Feeling the Pressure
Energy is becoming more expensive for businesses, with both the energy itself and the network charges increasing each year. These rising costs put pressure on budgets and make it more important for organisations to manage their energy spend carefully.
Turning Energy Spend into a Controllable Cost
Traditional energy management is reactive: invoices arrive, costs fluctuate, and surprises are absorbed. Schneider Electric’s Advisory Services takes a different approach, transforming energy from a volatile liability into a controllable, optimisable cost centre.
Across Australia and New Zealand, our Advisory Services team manages $2B in energy spend for 170 major clients, supported by 90,000+ connected metering points that provide the granular visibility required for proactive decision-making.
Core Services That Deliver Real Savings
Invoice Validation
Energy billing is complex and frequently incorrect. We validate 368,000 invoices annually, comparing billed charges to interval data to detect errors before payment. This recovered ~$7.22M in the past year, preventing silent financial leakage.
Network Tariff Reviews (NTR)
Network fees can represent 40-50% of total electricity costs, yet many organisations remain on outdated tariffs. Our tariff analysis identifies the most cost-efficient network structures based on actual load profiles, delivering $2.18M in client savings without operational changes.
Demand Charge Optimisation
Peak demand charges often inflate electricity costs disproportionately. By analysing interval data, we identify peak drivers and model strategies such as load shifting and demand response that can reduce annual costs by five or six figures for energy-intensive sites.
Energy Performance Solutions & Target Reviews
We enable organisations to understand where energy is consumed, how efficiently assets perform, and where optimisation delivers the fastest return on investment. Through benchmarking and ongoing performance tracking, clients maintain improvements rather than losing them over time.
Metering and Monitoring
With more than 90,000 connected meters, clients gain near real-time visibility into consumption trends, anomalies, and load behaviour. This intelligence supports smarter energy procurement, faster issue detection, and continuous operational optimisation across portfolios.
Beyond Cost Reduction: Building Energy Resilience
As renewable energy accounts for a growing share of generation, new risks are emerging. This includes market changes, regulatory shifts, growing grid instability, and the potential changes in GHG protocol for Scope 2 emissions reporting.
Forward looking organisations are adopting hedging strategies, dynamic procurement, and condition-based energy management, moving beyond cost reduction toward resilience and long-term performance.
Our SE Advisory Services team provides the data, tools, and expertise required to manage rising energy costs while strengthening long-term resilience and sustainability performance.
Contact our specialist Gareth Simpson today to unlock deeper savings, strengthen your energy resilience, and take control of your organisation’s energy future.