Innovation in Energy Award
This award recognises a breakthrough innovation that is creating significant value for customers, communities, organisations, or the wider energy sector.
Sponsored by
Simply Energy
Demand Flex
winner
Innovation in Energy Award
New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards 2022
Simply Energy's Demand Flex programme enables its customers to be rewarded for 'flexing' their electricity usage.
A sophisticated technology platform, built in-house, automatically powers down or turns off customers' load when the grid needs a helping hand and pays customers for offering load into electricity markets.The 15 MW of interruptible load provided by the programme's 44 participants is like a virtual power station and has the potential to be a valuable tool to help meet New Zealand's climate goals.