Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine October 2015 | Page 55

ERGON ENERGY
ENERGY the end of remote and rural sections of the electricity network and using them as support in times of high load ,” said Billing . “ The benefits are immense because they don ’ t need to be augmented and they store energy in the off-peak times and then feed back into the network during highpeak times .”
According to Billing , the company is in the process of working with some developers to implement batteries in subdivisions as well . “ The outcome could potentially build a type of distributed generation network in a housing subdivision , which would provide an array of benefits to customers .”
Ergon Energy is also building its retail business to reflect more opportunities for solar technology .
In August , Ergon Energy forged
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