What Smart Power Utilities does

Smart Power Utilities Pty Ltd (trading as Smart Power Energy) is an Australia-and-New Zealand energy management consultancy founded in 1993 and headquartered in Eltham, Victoria. The firm delivers professional services across energy procurement (including electricity, natural gas, LPG, coal, and carbon credits), utility invoice management, energy audits, total energy management outsourcing, commercial solar procurement, and carbon emissions and sustainability reporting. Its proprietary eSmart web-based platform underpins the offering by capturing client consumption data, benchmarking across sites and tracking CO2 year-on-year, with reporting exportable to Excel. The company operates through offices in Melbourne, Wellington, and Auckland, and runs a specialist sub-brand, Energy Select, dedicated to procurement advisory.

Revenue is generated on a fixed-fee professional services model under multi-year contracts, with services scaled from clients spending $1,000 per annum up to multi-million-dollar energy portfolios. The go-to-market motion is consultative direct sales focused on enterprise and government accounts, including water utilities, banking institutions, packaging manufacturers, beverage producers, defence agencies, fire services, local councils and large commercial property operators. Marketing relies on thought-leadership content (Australian Energy Market Summary reports), published case studies, and free consultation entry points rather than paid demand generation.

The team comprises approximately 11-50 staff, led by six directors whose roles span relationship management, business development, procurement, technical services, and monitoring. The ownership group reports over 250 years of combined industry experience, and the firm claims to manage over 25% of commercial and industrial load in Australia and New Zealand across its client base. There are no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, or external institutional investors; the company is management-owned and privately held.

Name

Smart Power Utilities

Legal name

Smart Power Utilities Pty Ltd

Website

https://smartpowerenergy.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Smart Power Utilities is an Australia and New Zealand energy management consultancy offering energy procurement, invoice management, audits, solar procurement, and carbon reporting, supported by its eSmart monitoring platform and serving enterprise and government clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Management Consulting

NAICS

Utilities (22)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy & Utilities in Manufacturing (Energy Management/Smart Metering) (IMAIAMAK)

Keywords

• Energy procurement services
• Utility invoice management
• Energy management consulting
• Commercial energy audits
• Carbon emissions reporting

Headquarters

HQ city

Eltham

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Energy Procurement Consulting: Professional energy procurement services including tendering and pricing analysis to help clients purchase energy at the best available price. Operates on a fixed fee professional service model with complete independence from all energy suppliers.
2. Utility Invoice Management: Utility bill verification, payment services, and streamlined administration process. Manages all aspects of energy account administration including opening/closing accounts, processing payments, and resolving disputes.
3. Energy Audits: Detailed site audits providing practical recommendations to reduce energy use and energy spend. Delivered by accredited engineers.
4. Total Energy Management: Complete outsourcing of energy management encompassing procurement, invoice management, monitoring, reporting, and sustainability services.
5. Carbon Emissions Reporting: Carbon emissions reporting and sustainability management services including emissions inventory development and reduction strategy implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Smart Power Utilities is an independent energy management consultancy that advises businesses and government clients on energy procurement, utility invoice management, energy auditing, renewable/solar procurement, carbon and sustainability reporting, and full outsourcing of energy management functions in Australia and New Zealand. Its flagship technology is the proprietary eSmart web-based platform that monitors consumption, cost, and CO2 across client sites and delivers benchmarking and Excel-exportable reporting. Services are delivered on fixed-fee multi-year contracts by an in-house team of accredited engineers and procurement specialists.

Product overview

Smart Power Utilities operates a unified energy management platform with its core product being the proprietary eSmart web-based monitoring and reporting platform. This core platform is complemented by a suite of advisory and consulting services including Energy Procurement Services, Commercial Solar Procurement, Utility Invoice Management, Energy Audits, Total Energy Management, and Carbon Emissions & Sustainability Management. The company also operates under the Energy Select sub-brand for specialist procurement consultancy. The company serves clients across Australia and New Zealand with offices in Melbourne, Wellington, and Auckland. The company publishes regular Australian Energy Market Reports as analytical publications. Smart Power has over 25 years of experience (established 1993) and manages significant commercial and industrial load in Australia and New Zealand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Energy Select: Specialist procurement consultancy brand operating under the Smart Power umbrella.

Products and services

• eSmart Online Reporting Platform Innovative web-based energy monitoring and reporting platform that enables clients to track consumption, costs, and CO2 information, record changes in consumption and cost, benchmark sites year-on-year, and download reports and data into Excel, requiring no training.
• Energy Procurement Services Expert procurement consulting for electricity, natural gas, LPG, coal, and carbon credits, including RFP management, market analysis, detailed offer analysis, contract negotiation, and ongoing management, run through competitive tenders across all Australian and New Zealand retailers.
• Commercial Solar Procurement Expert-led solar tender management service that helps businesses make confident solar investments by identifying specific needs, managing supplier selection, and providing comprehensive ROI analysis for behind-the-meter and large-scale generation.
• Utility Invoice Management Comprehensive utility bill verification and invoice management services for electricity, gas, water, and LPG, including power bill verification, dispute resolution, payment processing, and cost allocation by cost centre or site.
• Energy Audits Professional energy audits delivered by accredited engineers for commercial, industrial, dairy farming, and statutory authority sectors, providing detailed cost-benefit analysis with potential 10-20% savings on variable energy costs and technical services including power factor analysis and power quality assessment.
• Total Energy Management End-to-end outsourced energy management solutions encompassing energy strategy development, procurement, renewable energy integration, invoice management, network tariff audits, continuous commissioning, and sustainability reporting.
• Carbon Emissions and Sustainability Management Carbon reporting and emissions management services including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reporting, sustainability reporting compliance, emissions reduction tracking, carbon forecasting, and budgeting against standards such as Climate Active and ISO 14064-1.
• Energy Select (Procurement Consultancy Sub-Brand) Specialist procurement consultancy brand operating under the Smart Power umbrella, assisting organisations with defining energy supplier requirements and steering them toward appropriate solutions through transparent fee-based services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved over $1 million since 2013 for Goulburn Valley Water, with tariff/account savings of $270k per annum
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Energy SelectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy Select is the specialist procurement consultancy operating under the Smart Power umbrella. It assists organisations in defining energy supplier requirements and steering them toward appropriate solutions. Dayton Taylor of Energy Select provides expert procurement services including RFP development, supplier analysis, and contract negotiation. Energy Select operates as Smart Power's procurement brand with fee-based services ensuring transparency.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DNV: Global energy advisory and assurance firm with established ANZ presence offering energy management, certification, and decarbonization advisory to enterprise and government clients.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global sustainability and energy consultancy that competes for the same enterprise and government sustainability reporting and decarbonization mandates, with broader geographic reach than Smart Power.
• Carbon Trust: International sustainability and energy efficiency consultancy providing advisory, certification, and carbon reporting services to enterprise clients with overlap in energy management and emissions reporting.
• EnergyAustralia: Major Australian electricity and gas retailer that also offers business energy advisory and account management services to large C&I customers in the same addressable market as Smart Power.
• AECOM: Global engineering consultancy with a substantial energy advisory practice serving utilities, government, and large C&I clients — competes for the same enterprise energy and sustainability mandates across ANZ.

Emerging players

• Wattwatchers: Australia-based energy monitoring technology provider whose real-time metering and data platform competes directly with Smart Power's eSmart in the C&I energy monitoring category.
• Pulse Utilities: New Zealand-based utility management and invoice verification specialist with overlapping services in multi-site invoice management and procurement for C&I customers.

Direct peers

• Energy Action: Australian energy management and procurement specialist historically competing head-to-head with Smart Power in the same enterprise and government tender/RFP space across ANZ. Closest direct peer given overlapping services in procurement, invoice management, and reporting.

Regional players

• Meridian Energy: New Zealand's largest renewable energy generator and retailer, offering C&I energy supply and increasingly bundled advisory services relevant to Smart Power's NZ procurement business.
• Genesis Energy: One of New Zealand's largest electricity generators and retailers, serving large C&I customers with bundled procurement and energy management — directly relevant to Smart Power's NZ customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smartpowerenergy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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