UASG / AES ( SPOTLESS GROUP ) AUSTRALIA & ASIA for critical infrastructure upgrades , and hardly ever before as a tool to drive down energy costs . Energy performance contracting is , then an innovative way to proceed . “ We are finding that many customers today want to do these upgrades but don ’ t have the technical know-how or the capital to do it ,” says Stephen Ellich . “ When we talk to them they are often really surprised at the savings they can make by taking a more holistic view of their critical infrastructure and the amount of energy that can be saved by making use of solar , gas micro-turbines or cogen / trigen plants and by putting in more energy efficient equipment like LED lighting . When these things are done at scale , by an organisation with the engineering expertise to make them all work together , for example in large shopping centre the savings are very significant .”
This is a very opportune time for UASG / AES , he declares with conviction . Substantial reforms to the national electricity market are underway in 2017 following recommendations to the state and federal governments by the AEMC ’ s Power of Choice review which allows consumers to make informed choices about the way they use electricity . Ultimately , consumers will be in the best position to decide what works for them . “ Ownership of the metering infrastructure changes . We will see a power shift from the distributor-led to a more retail-led business as the retailers become more hands-on with infrastructure rather than simply differentiating themselves on tariffs .” As one of the largest metering companies in Australia , UASG can partner these organisation in this industry transformation .
Coming together under Spotless enabled the UASG entities and later AES to move their back office systems onto the parent group ’ s
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