by @HeatherSmith Heather Smith on 29/08/2026 at 7:17 am
This, by Tony Ferguson, is a nice NEM101 summary too: The NEM 101 – Primer #01: Australia’s National Electricity Market | Battling Entropy Primer

by @HeatherSmith Heather Smith on 29/08/2026 at 4:21 am
If you want to feel more knowledgeable before offering advice to others, there’s a range of ways to skill up. Australia needs more home energy assessors as the government ramps up the Home Energy rating assessment scheme. Powering Skills is recrafting the curriculum ready for a growth of careers across the energy industry. The CER Roadmap is trying to understand the changing landscape of energy information. Here at Energy Together, we are advocating that the introductory part of every course is offered free so that energy champions and volunteers can upskill before deciding if certification is warranted.
That is the context but here are some practical resources that we’ve found. Feel free to share yours:

Net Zero Energy Builder – free learning resources Net Zero Energy Builder – Courses
EcoMaster Training Academy | EcoMaster A mix of free and modestly paid training courses
Resources — Light House Architecture & Science Jenny Edward’s resources can be found here and Fix-it Chicks videos are worth a watch
Community skills – Newcastle City Council received UN accreditation for their course – you can hear about that in our webinar with Lexi Foreman or read the Empowering Climate Champions Guidebook
https://research.qut.edu.au/social-marketing-research-group/wp-content/uploads/sites/331/2021/02/Supporting-CALD-Australians-to-be-empowered-energy-consumers-Toolkit-of-Recommendations-FINAL-1.pdf
Central Victorian Green House Alliance energy literacy toolkit 2 minute videos: Energy Literacy
US version of Energy 101 2 minute videos – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLACD8E92715335CB2 with their take on teaching energy literacy

by @EnergyTogether Heather Smith on 15/08/2026 at 2:40 am
Learning networks are often called communities of practice. Most professional networks have an element of leading edge learning, as well as a generally accepted learning pathway for newbies.
Many communities of practice also focus their work on outcomes beyond the knowledge development of the group. A few of us have started a conversation about an energy adviser learning network and developed the existing conversation and resources into a potential grant application for South Australia. You can view that document here.
If you are interested in getting involved, please get in touch or join the discussion here.

by @HeatherSmith Heather Smith on 15/07/2026 at 12:42 am
Ecologic has been mothballed which is a shame.

SEC has updated their Electric Home Planner to this tool: Easy Electric SEC
Rewiring Australia is Beta testing Electric Saul and it looks fabulous. If you try it – send them feedback.
CSIRO’s Living Lab allows you to offer your data for national research – by the end of 2026 they will provide much deeper insights into your own data for you too.
Energy Made Easy and Victorian Energy Compare both allow you to put in your Meter number (NMI) and they automatically upload your data into their tariff comparison tools.
Some Network companies (DNSPs/DSOs) and Retailers also allow you to understand your energy consumption by looking at your NMI data.
and some more useful resources on the Net Zero Energy Builder site

Some of these tools obscure the number crunching behind the scenes – what do you find yourself trusting or dismissing?

by @HeatherSmith Heather Smith on 15/07/2026 at 12:28 am
actually – we went with substack: https://academy.energytogether.org.au/