NSW Energy Performance Services Grant (Date Extended)

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Publication date: 30 April 2026.

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What this article reported

The Energy Performance Services Grant supports NSW businesses to enhance their energy performance through advanced monitoring, analytics, and data-driven optimisation. By leveraging existing submetering infrastructure, this grant helps organisations transform raw energy data into actionable insights - improving efficiency, reducing emissions, and strengthening long-term net zero strategies.

What is the Energy Performance Services Grant?

The Energy Performance Services Grant provides funding for businesses to develop and implement energy monitoring and analysis solutions that drive measurable performance improvements. This includes expert consultancy, analytics software, data integration, capability building, and systems that convert submetering data into meaningful operational insights.

The program focuses on using real-time and historical data to identify inefficiencies, validate savings, and support structured decarbonisation plans.

Funding Amount

Who is this for?

This grant is targeted at NSW industrial, commercial, and manufacturing businesses that already have submetering installed and are seeking to upgrade their data analytics, monitoring systems, and energy performance management capabilities.

Eligibility

You can apply if you:

What the funding can support

Eligible activities include:

These components align directly with Northmore Gordon's expertise in energy analytics, monitoring strategy, industrial decarbonisation, and metering system integration.

Why apply?

This grant is part of the $22 million Business Decarbonisation Program, delivered by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

How Northmore Gordon can help

Northmore Gordon can support your project from concept through to implementation, including:

With deep expertise in energy management and industrial decarbonisation, we ensure your project is both compliant and strategically valuable.

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What is the practical difference between Milestone 1 and Milestone 2 funding under the Energy Performance Services Grant?

Milestone 1 ($5,000) funds specialist consulting to develop your Energy Monitoring and Analysis Plan—a detailed specification of how your facility's energy data will be collected, integrated, and analysed to support operational decisions. Milestone 2 ($45,000) implements that approved plan by deploying monitoring platforms, dashboards, analytics tools, and integrating your existing submetering data into centralised systems. You must complete and receive approval for Milestone 1 before accessing Milestone 2 funding. This staged approach ensures your monitoring system answers your actual business questions before investment in implementation.

How does the Energy Performance Services Grant differ from energy efficiency equipment rebates?

This grant funds the data infrastructure and consulting that makes existing submetering systems operationally useful—not equipment upgrades or capital improvements. It covers monitoring platforms, data integration, analytics dashboards, and specialist consulting to convert raw meter readings into meaningful insights for identifying inefficiencies and validating savings. Equipment rebates target physical upgrades like boilers or lighting. This grant assumes you already have submetering installed and are ready to unlock value from that data investment through better analysis and reporting capabilities.

What does 'operational control' mean for Energy Performance Services Grant eligibility?

You must have operational control of the site and authority to undertake energy monitoring and performance activities. This means you can make decisions about how energy data is collected, who accesses it, and how it informs operational changes. Owner-operators typically qualify directly. Tenants may qualify if they control the relevant systems (for example, a manufacturing tenant controlling production equipment). Shared facilities require clarity about which entity can approve monitoring decisions and implement operational responses based on the data. Confirm your control status with the administering body before investing in the application.

How can Northmore Gordon's moreData platform support the grant's monitoring and analysis objectives?

moreData collects energy data from meters, retailer bills, portals, and site control systems, then provides energy/water balance views, performance-indicator tracking against baseline, opportunity analysis including abatement measures and cost curves, and portfolio planning capabilities. The platform supports the grant's focus on converting submetering data into operational insights by automating data collection, highlighting performance changes, and identifying efficiency opportunities. Integration with your existing submetering infrastructure enables real-time visibility into consumption patterns and the effect of operational changes, directly supporting the business decisions the grant aims to improve.

Why is measurement and verification important for maximising the grant's value?

The grant funds monitoring infrastructure to identify inefficiencies and validate savings from energy initiatives. Measurement and verification—establishing a baseline, tracking implementation, and calculating actual results—transforms that monitoring data into credible evidence. This matters for two reasons: first, it confirms that suspected savings are real operating improvements, not meter errors or production changes; second, it creates the documented evidence needed for future applications to NSW Energy Savings Scheme, environmental certificates, or decarbonisation funding. Our M&V services, combined with grant-funded monitoring, establish this foundation.

What should an Energy Monitoring and Analysis Plan include to support both the grant and future decision-making?

The plan should specify the energy data needed to answer your actual business questions—for example, equipment performance, production efficiency, or peak-demand patterns. It must identify which submetering data will be collected, at what intervals, and how it will be integrated and analysed. Include clear responsibilities for data access, validation, and reporting. Define the metrics that will be tracked, the baseline period, and the decision owners who will act on insights. The plan should also outline how the monitoring system will support future efficiency projects, measurement verification, or decarbonisation planning, ensuring the grant investment addresses both immediate operational needs and longer-term strategic goals.

How does the Energy Performance Services Grant align with the broader NSW Business Decarbonisation Program?

This grant is part of a $22 million program delivered by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. It targets businesses ready to transition from data collection to data-driven decision-making. By funding monitoring and analytics capabilities, the grant enables businesses to identify efficiency opportunities, validate savings, and track progress toward net-zero targets. This visibility is essential for building credible decarbonisation roadmaps and accessing future incentives like the NSW Energy Savings Scheme or carbon-related funding. The grant positions participating businesses to demonstrate emissions reductions and support transition planning required under NSW climate commitments.

What are the practical next steps if Northmore Gordon is supporting your grant application?

First, confirm your eligibility: NSW business, $200,000+ annual energy spend or 3,600 GJ annually, existing submetering, operational control, and authority to undertake monitoring activities. Second, work with Northmore Gordon to develop your Energy Monitoring and Analysis Plan for Milestone 1, documenting your business decision, data requirements, and intended outcomes. Third, prepare and submit your Milestone 1 application before the 30 April 2026 deadline. Once approved, implement the monitoring infrastructure and analytics platform during Milestone 2. We can support each stage, from scoping through implementation and ongoing performance analysis to ensure the grant delivers measurable operational improvements.

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