Intellihub helps consumers get smart with energy use
Technology supports grid reliability and reduced energy bills
Intellihub is using CEFC finance to help ramp up the rollout of its smart technology solutions which put power into the hands of consumers by enabling them to orchestrate the operation of solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers, air conditioning and more.
$50 million
CEFC commitment
Helping
consumers control energy use
Assisting
grid management
More and more Australians are generating and storing their own electricity, using the energy of the sun to power their cars as well as their energy efficient appliances, backed up by home batteries. By using smart meters and smart behind the meter devices we can better understand when and how we use energy and make changes that will save on power costs as well as reduce our carbon footprint.Monique MillerCIO - Renewables and Sustainable Finance, CEFC
Our investment
The CEFC has committed $50 million to Australia’s largest provider of smart metering devices, Intellihub, to finance a ramped-up deployment of smart meters and to drive investment into behind-the-meter (BTM) devices that give consumers control over their own energy systems.
The CEFC commitment was part of a $3 billion upsizing and refinancing undertaken by Intellihub in 2025, that earned the digital energy management company recognition at the 2025 IJGlobal Awards where it took out Smart Meter deal of the Year, APAC.
The CEFC commitment to the refinancing backs a discount for the customers of the solar and battery subscription products provided by Intellihub brands Enreal and Zelora.
Enreal enables households in Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Victoria to benefit from rooftop solar and battery systems with no upfront costs. Learn more about the Enreal subscriptions. Zelora was launched through a partnership between Intellihub and Bunnings and is available in metropolitan NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. Learn more about Zelora.
The CEFC played an important role in supporting the development of Intellihub between 2018 and 2021, committing $75 million to the growth of the smart metering business. CEFC finance was repaid in December 2021, after Intellihub announced a world-first $1.45 billion green loan facility to support rapid rollout of smart meters in Australia and New Zealand.
Through its $50 million commitment in 2025, the CEFC is again working with Intellihub to support better management of the energy grid and to help Australians better understand how they can save on power costs and reduce their carbon footprints.
OUR IMPACT
Savings through smart meter deployment
Smart meters allow consumers to better understand and manage their energy bills. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has ruled to accelerate the deployment of smart meters to energy customers across the National Electricity Market by 2030 to enhance consumer benefits and modernise the energy system.1
Smart meters help consumers measure, balance, control and dispatch energy from their energy assets, from solar panels to home batteries EV charging infrastructure, air conditioning and hot water systems.
Smart BTM devices give consumers the ability to manage their electricity consumption, tapping into lower cost power prices and limiting demand peaks on the energy grid.
As the share of renewables increases in the grid, these smart technologies can give grid operators real time information about energy consumption to better manage grid reliability.
An ecosystem of retailers and services
As a digital energy management specialist, Intellihub provides smart metering devices and services to more than 50 energy retailers across Australia and New Zealand and manages more than 2.5 million advanced smart meters.2
Intellihub has developed an ecosystem of products, services, technologies and partners which includes EV charging solutions, energy management software and data solutions.
1 AEMC, Accelerating smart meter deployment
2 Intellihub website About us, 2026
