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Green Energy Production The Summer Budget set out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osbourne, just three weeks ago is likely to have a radical effect on energy producers across the country, none more so than those looking to supply renewable power. The Chancellor has announced that renewable energy generators will no longer be exempt from the Climate Change Levy (CCL), removing a subsidy payment to renewables that equates to more than £5 for every unit of energy. It is estimated that this benefit is currently worth around £450m to renewable energy producers and that by 2021 they will be [...]

Ofgem A Third Party Intermediary (TPI) is an organisation or group of individuals who give energy related advice, with the intention of helping you to either buy the energy from a specific supplier, or manage your energy needs. A TPI can be an energy broker, procurer or comparison website and, although you may think that you are buying your energy from them, it is in fact the supplier that you have a contract with. The energy industry from a supplier perspective is highly regulated. Suppliers are tested, fined and follow a far stricter compliance than even the banking sector does, in [...]

Did you know that companies over a certain size have until 5th December 2015 to comply with the new EU legislation that requires them to have energy audits? “Why should you worry about it?” According to the ESOS website, from a survey conducted they discovered that the majority of businesses say they haven’t even started the process. They also say there are only 400-500 approved lead assessors that are able to undertake the energy audits. As an audit can typically take 2-3 months, it won’t be long before the demand for their services overtakes the supply, which means fees for this [...]

Why use an Energy Consultant? For SME’s the idea of having an in-house energy department is just not an option. Not only expensive, there are the implications of PAYE, internal training and just a massive time factor to think about. Ultimately it is unnecessary too. Everything that an internal energy department can do can be done by a less expensive, and less time consuming, Energy Consultant, bringing you all the benefits of energy management with none of the pitfalls. An independent energy consultant is able to offer impartial advice focussed on saving you money. Rather than be supplier driven, it is [...]