Is a diesel generator cheaper than grid electricity?

A busy first half of 2022 - what has been my / my clients energy focus so far?

The winter 21-22 electricity TRIAD season starts on 01 Nov. Read about what it is and what to do to get ready for it.

Climate Change Levy (CCL) - businesses can save a lot of money by being in a CCA or CHPQA. But it has to be claimed in the right way and be regularly reviewed. Here are some tips and common mistakes to help to keep you on track.

Green electricity tariffs are commonplace nowadays. But do they make a difference or are they just a load of greenwash?

The BBC did a good piece on it recently. I have also added my take on it.

Now the TRIAD times and dates for winter 20-21 have been published by National Grid ESO, electricity suppliers will be reconciling all of the contracts that have TRIAD billed ‘as incurred’ rather than built in as a fixed cost. If your consumption pattern has changed or you didn’t respond to a TRIAD alert you could be in for an unpleasant surprise; the opposite could also be the case!

National Grid ESO have confirmed the TRIAD dates for winter 20-21. Check here to see if you responded correctly on all three.

Being within the UKETS (previously EUETS) can be a significant cost to businesses. Whilst we don’t yet know what the UKETS carbon price will be, if it is similar to EU carbon prices every 10,000 tonnes emitted will currently cost businesses c. £400,000 p.a.

But if you are ‘in’ it doesn’t automatically mean that you can never get ‘out’.