Future Grid Strategic Planning

At EA Technology Australia, we devise Future Grid strategies to help our customers adapt to meet network challenges whilst maintaining low-cost and reliable energy distribution for consumers.

We are witnessing considerable disruption in the power sector arising from a combination of policy, technological, and customer changes. This transformation affects how we think about, produce, and use electricity. The extent of disruption is profound, with Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs) at the frontline, impacted by the rise of distributed energy resources (DER) and smart grid technology.

Significant trends in the energy space include a shift from centralised generation to decentralised systems, much of it on the local low-voltage network. A system set up for one-directional flow now has to cope with multi-directional flows.

This disruptive change also dramatically alters future roles for network companies and assumptions about their business models. DNSPs need to revisit their current role and consider their evolution to that of a Distribution System Operator (DSO) to adapt to these challenges while maintaining low-cost and reliable energy distribution for customers.

Transition from DNSP to DSO

EA Technology’s Consultancy & Software services help network operators navigate their transition within the Future Grid. As distributed energy resources grow, networks must adapt to dynamic energy flows, enhanced grid visibility, and smarter asset management.

Our expert team supports DNSPs evolving into DSOs, ensuring they are equipped with data-driven insights, investment strategies, and cutting-edge technology solutions to thrive in a decentralised grid environment. We provide:

Strategic planning to ensure a smooth Future Grid transition.
Customisable software tools for optimised network performance.
Smart grid expertise to improve reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.

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EA Technology is positioned at the forefront of activities in Smart Grid development. Through our involvement in a wide range of innovative, smart grid projects, delivering a broad range of services covering all functional aspects of smart grid delivery.

Our team brings a range of key strengths to this dynamic area including:

Proven ability to deliver highly complex, technical commissions to meet broad range of stakeholder requirements
Recognised, strategic experts in transitioning to the Smart Grid environment covering all aspects, from business models to technologies used
Benchmarking of innovation activity in the smart grid space, developing business cases, demonstrating value, and transferring best practice and learning from one company, or even country, to the next
An approach that brings a core understanding of international best practice, and makes best use of tools and outputs from other work in the space
Access to a wide range of technical specialists active in Smart Grid implementation and support DNSPs finding solutions which are technology agnostics, inter operable, and provide required access & control to the network customers.
Support policy formulation which allows DNSPs to deliver best outcome to their customers with or without DER

Need expert guidance on Smart Grid implementation? Book a consultation with our specialists today.

Related Services:

DSO Transition: EA Technology is at the forefront of supporting the vision and strategy for DNO to DSO transition.
DER Integration: We provide consultancy services to help Australian networks best manage the uptake of Distributed Energy Resources.
Electricity Network Roadmap: Supporting Energy Networks Australia in the transition to a lower emissions, lower cost, higher security energy future.