Smart Energy Communities Ivanhoe

Welcome to Ivanhoe community engagement portal for the Smart Energy Communities trial and thank you for taking part.

Your community has been chosen as part of the trial, exploring options to manage power reliability better in the future.

The Smart Energy Communities trial is about testing a future mode of operation of our network as the energy transition continues to pick up pace.

The trial is designed to answer three main questions:

How to maximise the export from rooftop solar and communities into the network
How to store that energy in our network, and
How to deliver reliability improvements using different approaches.

The trial is being rolled out in stages. We will be updating this portal with the current stage information as we progress through the trial. We encourage you to get involved in the discussion by asking questions, taking part in short polls, and providing honest feedback through surveys.

Welcome to Ivanhoe community engagement portal for the Smart Energy Communities trial and thank you for taking part.

Your community has been chosen as part of the trial, exploring options to manage power reliability better in the future.

The Smart Energy Communities trial is about testing a future mode of operation of our network as the energy transition continues to pick up pace.

The trial is designed to answer three main questions:

How to maximise the export from rooftop solar and communities into the network
How to store that energy in our network, and
How to deliver reliability improvements using different approaches.

Generator automation project goes live

We are pleased to announce that the Generator Automation project is now live. The new generator contains a 8,000 litre fuel cell and will automatically supply power to the Ivanhoe township in the case of an outage. Customers will experience an outage of approximately 3 minutes before the generator provides supply.
This is a significant milestone in our journey to provide a safe and reliable power supply to all customers across its footprint in regional, rural and remote NSW and parts of Southern QLD.
A huge thanks to the Essential Energy team for their efforts, and the Ivanhoe community for a warm welcome and hospitality.
Our June 2024 visit to Ivanhoe

We’d like to thank you for the warm welcome we received when we visited Ivanhoe in late June. We were overwhelmed with the knowledge, information and enthusiasm that you shared with us about the generator automation and microgrid projects. For more information on both projects please read the attached factsheet.
Ivanhoe Community Information Session (Microgrid)

We are holding a community information meeting to update Ivanhoe residents of the improvements that are occurring to the local electricity network including the generator automation and microgrid. Please join us on Thursday 20 June 2024, 6pm at the Ivanhoe RSL. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Meat Raffles and Happy Christmas

The Smart Energy Community Trial team would like to wish the Ivanhoe community a very Merry Christmas and here's to an amazing New Year!
We are providing the raffle meat trays for the Ivanhoe RSL on Thursday 14 December so support a good cause and hopefully win a meat tray!
Some of you may remember us coming up to Ivanhoe in late August and we were very appreciative of the warm welcome we received we are planning to come back mid next year to talk more about how the trial can benefit everyone in your community!
Watch this space!
Stay safe and see you soon.
The Smart Energy Community Trial team
Smart Energy Community Trial visit to Ivanhoe

We would like to thank the community for the warm welcome we received when we visited in August 2023 to launch the trial.
The people we met and the conversations we had were very valuable and will assist us in planning future visits, whilst providing us with a better understanding of the energy concerns of the community.
Please take a moment to read the information flyer we gave out whilst we were in town. Let us know your thoughts on the Community Chat section of this website or if you have a question post it to the Ask Essential section.
If you missed us while we were in town you can read about it here.
Your Wattwatchers App looks different.

Exciting News! You may have noticed your Wattwatchers app looks different.
Wattwatchers released version 2.0.0 of the My Energy app which includes the new Flow feature (the new app home screen).
'Flow' will provide more insights to your power usage, please click and read the documentation for more information and support if needed.
Share your thoughts about the new look on the Wattwatchers devices chat in the Community Chat section of this website.
Smart Energy Communities Trial Launch 29 Aug 2023

In August Essential Energy will launch the Smart Energy Communities Program in Ivanhoe. Please join us for a cuppa and a chat at the Ivanhoe RSL from 2.30pm Tuesday 29th August 2023 (view the invitation in larger format in the document area on the Ivanhoe community trial homepage). Our Smart Energy Communities program team will outline the Smart Energy Communities trial and what is means for Ivanhoe. Our supply partner Wattwatchers, will also be on hand to show you what information the recently installed Wattwatchers devices (installed in 50 homes/business in Ivanhoe between May and June) can give you and how we are using them in the trial.