The energy utility sector has provided its fair share of headlines this year. From crippling blackouts in SA, stand-offs between AGL and the Australian government over the Liddell coal power station to soaring energy prices, it has certainly been a talked about issue.

One company that can form part of the solution is Locality Planning Energy (ASX: LPE). LPE is an electricity retailer (largely in QLD) that specialises in serving strata communities. In a strata community, each lot pays its separate network and metering charges. Locality Planning Energy comes in and installs a parent meter and thus consolidates the network and metering charge for the strata. After this procedure is completed, the strata then becomes an embedded network with LPE as the electricity retailer. Continue reading →