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Power Shift

Power Shift was a multi-year project that provides energy companies, government and regulators with evidence on which to build better-targeted, more effective and innovative energy management services and programs that deliver good outcomes for consumers.

Consumers rely on energy – electricity and gas – for comfortable homes. When energy costs cannot be managed, people’s health and wellbeing are at risk, and these are particularly significant for low-income or vulnerable consumers.

The Power Shift research demonstrated that power needs to be in the hands of consumers if they are to take control over their energy use and costs, through their own actions.

Building on that research, Power Shift developed tools to help policy-makers and industry reach consumers, design better programs and create better products. You can see the research and the tools below.

The foundation for Power Shift’s research was the Australian Government's Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program (LIEEP).

Power Shift research and tools

Power Shift Final Report
The Final Report of the Power Shift project outlines the key findings of the research, and where there are the opportunities to empower consumers.
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Power Shift: Targeting consumers
To be effective, assistance and information about energy use and energy efficiency must be delivered to consumers in a format and channel that suits the way they live. This project explores how to tailor information for different groups of consumers.
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Power Shift: Multiple Impacts Framework
Power Shift’s research indicates that helping people manage their energy has benefits far beyond reduced greenhouse gas emissions or cost savings to households.
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Power Shift: Evidence
Read the research reports and learn about the milestones that helped build the Power Shift evidence base.
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Power Shift: Opportunities for Innovation
A key focus of Power Shift was identifying the opportunities for market-led solutions.
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Power Shift: LIEEP
The foundation for Power Shift’s research was the Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program (LIEEP).
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Power Shift: Driving Change (GEER review of the Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program)
Group of Energy Efficiency Researchers (GEER) Australia reviewed the Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program (LIEEP) - 20 pilots that trialled 44 initiatives to help low-income households manage their energy usage.
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Supporting further research

A proportion of the Commonwealth grant to Energy Consumers Australia was passed through to the Group of Energy Efficiency Researchers Australia (GEER) as seed funding.  GEER was established by the network of researchers working on pilots funded through the Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program, and who were keen to continue to work together after those projects had finished.

Through its research and partnerships with government, industry and the not-for-profit sector, GEER works to improve the energy related wellbeing of disadvantaged and low-income people.

GEER website

Power Shift was funded through a grant to Energy Consumers Australia from the Australian Government.