Metering Plan Implementation Grants (Round 1) – Australia

Objectives

• The objectives of this funding are to:
  • improve energy performance in NSW businesses.
  • enable businesses to identify, prepare and verify energy and emissions reduction projects.
  • provide robust data to site managers to make informed investment decisions that help achieve net zero emissions objectives.
  • demonstrate the link between energy metering and monitoring systems and energy and cost savings.
• This program is funded and administered by Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water.

Funding Information

• Grant amount: Up to $100,000

Eligible Funding

• The grant will only co-fund the following costs:
  • costs to install and commission permanent submeters that are required for measuring energy performance
  • hardware and integration with software needed to monitor energy use
  • first year subscription to data management systems

Ineligible Funding

• Incurred costs they will not co-fund:
  • costs to prepare your application
  • costs associated with temporary meters or loggers, calibration and re-commissioning of existing submeters, or metering onsite renewables
  • costs incurred (i.e. paid for in full or through a deposit) before you were awarded the grant
  • internal project management and labour costs
  • loss of revenue from interruptions of production or site operations

Eligible Projects

• They will only fund the implementation of recommendations from energy metering and monitoring plans that meet the eligibility and assessment criteria. If your project receives a metering plan implementation grant, you cannot access funding from another NSW Government initiative for the same project. You may access other external funding sources as long as those contributions do not add up to more than 100% of the total project cost.

Who can apply?

• To be eligible, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
  • have an energy metering and monitoring plan. The plan must:
    • be no more than 3 years old from the day of the grant application
    • accurately reflect the current processes and systems on site. The breakdown of costs must be supported by itemised quotes valid at the time of the application.
  • have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and be registered for GST
  • the proposed metering plan implementation project must be at a NSW site address
  • spend a minimum of $200,000 a year on energy bills at that site, including all purchased fuels, except fuel for transport
  • have a complex energy system including, but not limited to, a combination of:
    • multiple processes,
    • multiple distribution systems,
    • multiple energy types,
    • multiple end uses.
• If your application is for a commercial building:
  • only the base building is eligible
  • the occupancy certificate must have been issued prior to 1 January 2022.
• You can apply for one grant per site. If you have more than one site, you’ll need to submit a separate application for each site. You can apply for up to 3 grants per business. If you apply for more than one grant, the sites specified in these applications must undertake activities in different industry classification subdivisions.

For more information, visit NSW.