{"id":39817,"date":"2025-02-20T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T03:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flowpower.com.au\/residential\/?p=39817"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:54:35","slug":"consumer-energy-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flowpower.com.au\/residential\/tips-and-insights\/consumer-energy-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Could households transform Australia\u2019s energy market?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":45242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-knowledge"],"acf":{"page_builder":[{"acf_fc_layout":"blog_hero","title":"<h2>Futureproofing Australia\u2019s grid with Consumer Energy Resources<\/h2>","blurb":"Transforming our energy market to support Australia\u2019s growing demand","read_length":"4 mins","background_colour":"dark-blue"},{"acf_fc_layout":"blog_article","sections":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Have you ever considered how you can save on your electricity bills while contributing to a more sustainable future?\r\n\r\nConsumer Energy Resources (CER) might be the answer. These resources include solar panels, battery storage, electric vehicles, and smart home technologies.\r\n\r\nLet's explore how CER can benefit you and the broader energy market, and how Flow Power electricity plans supports this transition.\r\n<div class=\"img__wrap\">\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-38912 aligncenter\" title=\"Flow Power Illustrations Rooftop Solar Alt Rgb\" src=\"https:\/\/flowpower.com.au\/residential\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flow-Power-Illustrations-Rooftop-Solar-Alt-RGB.svg\" alt=\"Flow Power Illustrations Rooftop Solar Alt Rgb\" width=\"440\" height=\"331\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Why invest in CER?<\/h3>\r\nConsumer Energy Resources are tools that help you generate, store, and manage your own energy. Here\u2019s how they can benefit your household\u2026\r\n\r\n<strong>Save money<\/strong>\r\n\r\nBy generating your own electricity with solar panels and storing excess energy for later use in batteries, you can reduce your reliance on the grid when electricity is more expensive.\r\n\r\nFor our customers, this translates to lower energy bills and even earnings when you export your battery energy to the grid."},{"acf_fc_layout":"pull_out","content":"<h4>Earn more with Flow Power's feed-in tariff<\/h4>\r\nThe more you export at peak times, the higher your feed-in tariff! This encourages exports when the grid needs it most and reduces reliance on fossil-fuelled energy. A win-win-win solution!\r\n\r\nLearn more about our unique incentive <a href=\"https:\/\/flowpower.com.au\/residential\/pricing\/our-feed-in-tariff\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>."},{"acf_fc_layout":"spacer"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<strong>Energy independence<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCERs provides you with greater control over your energy use. With battery storage, you can store solar energy generated during the day and use it during peak times or at night, reducing your dependence on the grid.\r\n\r\n<strong>Environmental impact<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCERs can help integrate more renewable energy into the grid. By adopting CERs, you can contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. Generating and using renewable energy at home helps decrease the reliance on fossil fuels, supporting Australia's transition to a cleaner, greener future.\r\n\r\n<strong>Support grid stability<\/strong>\r\n\r\nDiversifying our grid with CERs helps balance supply and demand \u2013 reducing the risk of blackouts and enhancing grid stability. Generating and storing your own energy also reduces grid strain during peak demand periods. This helps lower the need for expensive and polluting fossil-fuelled generators, which are typically used to meet peak demand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Flow Home for CERs<\/h3>\r\nAt Flow Power, we understand the importance of supporting the adoption of CERs. That's why we've designed our electricity plan, Flow Home, to reward smarter, greener, energy habits. If you can be flexible with your energy use and CER, you can achieve:\r\n\r\n<strong>Better rates<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFor example, drive down the cost of your EV with monthly discounts on your electricity rate when you switch to charging at low-cost, high renewable times.\r\n\r\n<strong>Better feed-in tariffs<\/strong>\r\n\r\nWe offer a feed-in tariff that is adjusted each month depending on your export behaviour. The more you export at peak times, the higher your feed-in tariff, and the more you export when spot prices are low, the lower your feed-in tariff.\r\n\r\n<strong>See how these Flow Power customers are making the most of their CERs and reducing their energy costs...<\/strong>"}],"background_colour":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"spacer","large":false,"background_colour":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"case_studies","title":"CER Success Stories","case_studies":[39378,39357,37608,39350],"background_colour":"blue"},{"acf_fc_layout":"spacer","large":true,"background_colour":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq_cta","heading":"<h2>Have more questions? <em>we\u2019re here to help<\/em><\/h2>","content":"<h5>We\u2019re ready to answer your questions about how Flow Power can help you get more out of your electricity.<\/h5>","buttons":[{"link":{"title":"See our FAQs","url":"https:\/\/flowpower.com.au\/residential\/frequently-asked-questions\/","target":""}},{"link":{"title":"Contact Us","url":"https:\/\/flowpower.com.au\/residential\/contact-us\/","target":""}}],"show_arrow":true,"centered":false,"background_colour":"mint"}],"summary":"Futureproofing Australia\u2019s grid with Consumer Energy Resources","show_ci_banner":false,"hide_headermenu":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Consumer Energy Resources Shaping the Grid | Flow Power<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Access Flow Power\u2019s consumer energy resources to better understand pricing, usage and your rights. 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