Smarter Control

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  • Savvy Power Maximise Every Watt

Smarter Battery Control for New Zealand Energy Sites

Savvy Power helps customers get more value from solar and battery systems through intelligent control, better battery use, Virtual Power Plant participation and smarter grid interaction.

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VIRTUAL POWER PLANT

Your battery can support more than your site.

A Virtual Power Plant connects many distributed batteries together so they can act like one coordinated energy resource.

Savvy Power manages participating systems under agreed settings, helping support customer sites and the wider grid during important energy events.

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Grid Event Support

Helps reduce grid demand during peak energy events.

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Cloud Connected

Secure remote monitoring and battery control.

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Battery Participation

Allows suitable batteries to operate as one shared resource.

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Reduced Grid Import

Creates value by lowering demand, not only exporting power.

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Future Energy Opportunity

Supports future grid services and energy market opportunities.

  • Solutions

Turn Your Battery Into a Smarter Energy Asset

Savvy Power helps customers move beyond basic battery storage.

A battery should not simply charge and discharge without purpose. With the right control strategy, it can support your site, reduce avoidable demand exposure, improve solar value and prepare your property for future energy opportunities.

Savvy Power reviews your site’s energy use, tariff structure, battery behaviour, solar generation, inverter capability and network requirements before recommending a suitable pathway.

The goal is not to provide a one size fits all battery answer. The goal is to identify how your system can work smarter.

⚙️ Intelligent control 🔋 Better battery use ☁️ VPP ready pathway 📊 Data backed decisions
  • Energy Journey

Savvy Power Energy Journey: From Trial to Smarter Outcomes

Savvy Power does not start with a fixed answer. We start by understanding the property.

Every customer has a different load profile, tariff structure, solar output, inverter setup, battery opportunity and local network requirement. The Savvy Power Energy Journey is designed to check, trial and guide the right solution using real site information.

This journey helps reduce guesswork and allows each site to be reviewed properly before decisions are made.

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Start with a Trial

Savvy Power begins with a trial using real site data. This helps test, validate and reduce risk before making a full commitment.

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Every Property is Different

No two sites are the same. Savvy Power reviews your load profile, tariffs, local rules and site conditions to understand what works best.
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What We Check

We check power use, battery behaviour, solar performance and savings potential to see how the system performs in real conditions.
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Honest Advice

Savvy Power is not a hard sell. We provide clear, customer first advice based on evidence and suitability.

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Savvy Power Intelligence

Savvy Power acts as the intelligent brain of the energy system, helping analyse, optimise and automate energy decisions.
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What We Consider

We consider gentailers, lines companies, battery brands, inverter brands and other local requirements to ensure a practical solution.
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Success for You

The goal is a better energy outcome: lower costs, improved efficiency, more confidence and a solution that fits your future needs.

Trial Before You Commit

Test. Prove. De risk.

Data Driven Insights

Real data. Smarter decisions.

The Right Solution

Tailored for your property.

Better Outcomes

Lower costs. Higher performance.
  • AMD & TOU Optimisation

Lower AMD and Use Energy at Smarter Times

Savvy Power helps reduce demand cost exposure and time of use energy costs by controlling when the battery charges and discharges.
Electricity bills are not only based on how much energy you use. For many sites, costs can also be affected by short demand spikes, capacity charges and time of use pricing windows.
Savvy Power monitors the site and controls the battery so it can reduce grid demand during highload periods. The system can also charge when electricity is lower value and use stored energy during higher value or higher demand periods.
This allows the battery to work with a clearer purpose and helps the site respond more intelligently to demand and pricing conditions.

What is AMD?

The goal is a better energy outcome: lower costs, improved efficiency, more confidence and a solution that fits your future needs.

What is TOU Pricing?

Time of use pricing means electricity costs can change depending on the time of day. Off peak and shoulder periods are usually cheaper than peak periods.

How Savvy Power Helps

The battery can charge during lower value periods and discharge during high demand or higher cost periods.

Result

Lower AMD exposure and better TOU energy use can help reduce overall power bill pressure.
  • Virtual Power Plant

Savvy Power Virtual Power Plant

Your battery can become part of a smarter New Zealand energy network.
A Virtual Power Plant connects many distributed batteries together so they can act like one coordinated energy resource.
Savvy Power places participating customer systems into its VPP and manages them under agreed settings. This allows the battery to support the customer’s own site while also helping the wider grid during important events.
The battery does not always need to export power to create value. In many cases, simply reducing grid import during a peak event can support the grid and create benefit.

Grid Event Support

Support important peak events by reducing demand pressure on the network.

Cloud Connected

Savvy Power monitors battery status, site demand and available capacity.

Future Energy Opportunity

Suitable batteries may be able to participate in future gridsupport and energy market opportunities.
  • The Grid

Supporting the Grid From the Ground Up

Savvy Power helps place flexible battery support closer to where demand happens.
New Zealand’s electricity network is changing. More solar, more batteries, more electric equipment and more flexible loads mean the grid needs smarter local energy control.

Large grid scale batteries are important, but many electricity challenges happen locally. Feeders, transformers, customer sites and local network areas can experience pressure during peak demand periods.

By coordinating distributed batteries in a smarter way, Savvy Power can help support local grid needs while still keeping customer site requirements at the centre of the solution.

Local Support

Batteries can reduce grid import during important local demand periods.

Smarter Network Use

Distributed batteries can help create a smoother demand profile.

Grid Event Response

Savvy Power can coordinate batteries to support the grid during selected events.

Better Use of Energy

Stored energy can be used more strategically across the day.
  • About Savvy Power

Savvy Power Is the Intelligence Behind the Battery

Most battery systems can store energy. Savvy Power makes the battery smarter.
Savvy Power connects the battery, inverter, solar system, meters and cloud platform so the system can make better energy decisions. This allows the battery to operate with a clear strategy instead of simply charging and discharging without purpose.
By coordinating distributed batteries in a smarter way, Savvy Power can help support local grid needs while still keeping customer site requirements at the centre of the solution.
  • Limited Trial Opportunity

Trial Programme for Suitable Solar + BESS Sites

Savvy Power is currently running selected trials for solar and battery storage solutions.

Trial eligibility

Only businesses with an existing BESS system installed after 2018 will qualify for this trial.
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View the Energy Journey
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How to Register

Visit the Savvy Power website to fill out the application form.
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Application Review

Our team will review your application and check whether your site is suitable for the trial.
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Trial Launch Details

We will contact you if you are successful and provide details on when trials launch in your specific area.

Dr Divya Nair (PhD)

Sustainable Energy, Auckland University

Academic led energy expertise

Research based energy knowledge, practical engineering insight and customer focused site analysis support the Savvy Power trial review process.

  • Contact

Find Out What Savvy Power Could Do for Your Site

Every site is different. A site review helps identify whether intelligent BESS control and VPP participation may create value.
Savvy Power can review your site and identify whether intelligent BESS control and VPP participation may create value. A site review helps determine whether your existing system is suitable, whether communication and control can be established, and whether the battery can be used more effectively.

Power Bill Structure

We review your electricity bill to understand energy charges, daily charges, capacity charges, demand charges and other cost components.

Anytime Maximum Demand and Capacity Charges

We check whether short demand peaks may be increasing your power costs and whether battery control could help reduce demand exposure.

Time of Use Pricing Windows

We review peak, shoulder and offpeak pricing periods to assess whether battery charging and discharging can be timed more effectively.

Existing Solar System

We check whether your solar energy is being used effectively, stored for later use or exported at lower value.

Existing Battery System

We assess whether your battery is operating with a clear strategy or simply charging and discharging without intelligent control.

Inverter Compatibility

We review whether the existing inverter can communicate with the Savvy Power control system and support the required operating strategy.

Major Site Loads

We identify high demand equipment, operating patterns and load behaviour that may affect peak demand or energy cost.

Grid Import and Export Pattern

We assess when your site imports from the grid, exports energy and experiences higher demand.

VPP Participation Potential

We check whether your battery may be suitable for future participation in Savvy Power’s Virtual Power Plant.

Trial Application Form

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  • FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Savvy Power only for farms?
No. Savvy Power can be assessed for different property types. The correct solution depends on the site load, battery size, inverter setup, tariff plan and local network requirements.
No. In many cases, reducing grid import during important periods can also create value.
In some cases, yes. Compatibility depends on the existing inverter, battery, communications interface, metering arrangement and site requirements.
There is no fixed answer. Savvy Power reviews the load profile, power bill, solar output, peak demand, tariff structure and customer goals before recommending a suitable size.
No. VPP participation depends on system compatibility, customer agreement, battery capacity, communication capability, market conditions and network requirements.
No. Savings, rebates, VPP value, export value and grid-support outcomes depend on site load profile, battery size, inverter capability, tariff structure, retailer agreement, network requirements, VPP event availability, market conditions and final system design. Exact outcomes cannot be guaranteed until the site is assessed.