Corporate and Government Energy Procurement
The Utilities Exchange Limited
Cut Costs and Carbon use and beCome
more Competitive
Energy is essential for any business to function and it’s cost has a critical impact on profitability. But
the process of finding the right energy deal is both complex and time-consuming and, if it is not your
core business, you may lack the expertise needed to get the best price and the right contract.
At The Utilities Exchange Ltd (UX) we provide a unique array of services that control and reduce
energy use and costs. We handle the detailed administration, secure more preferable terms and
conditions and support you in managing the risks associated with price fluctuations.
• Become more competitive while freeing you to focus on core business activities
• Reduce energy use, driving efficiencies throughout your organisation
• Create a cost-conscious culture
• Deliver on your environmental commitments
seCure a better
deal - get the
experts on
your side
Our methodology is based on decades of experience in helping our clients secure better deals for
their energy:
• We establish a clear strategy
• Our risk workshops identify the right solution • Our experts guide you through
procurement, contract evaluation and decision-making
• We negotiate for you, working with your legal team to secure the right contract • Together we develop a risk policy with
agreed levels of delegation and control • Our teams provide on-going support
keeping costs under control, ensuring accurate billing and improved
estate management
our methodology is based
on decades of experience
in helping our clients
secure better deals for
their energy.
Our services are delivered by skilled and professional team players dedicated to delivering on your requirements. You benefit from our:
Skill in contract negotiation
Management of energy strategy
Market intelligence
Expertise in risk management and trading
Unique risk management tools for analysis and decision-making Proficient and dedicated account management
Estate management capabilities and advanced bureau services IT systems which can efficiently interface with you and those of your supplier
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We help you:
serviCes tailored
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energy ContraCt proCurement
We help you find the right energy contract
In the UK, with its relatively transparent and free energy market, it is notoriously difficult to predict energy prices. Energy contracts (whether fixed or flexible) in themselves bring risk. At its simplest, if you agree a fixed price the cost of energy may fall. If you do not fix a price the cost may rise. Either way, a decision is to be made which brings into account the real level of risk you are prepared to run and the problem of potentially being uncompetitive.
ux brings a Wealth of experienCe and expertise
in evaluating, negotiating and operating energy
supply ContraCts
The contract itself may add further risk:
• Does it provide the right levels of operational control?
• Are you taking on an operational risk which you do not have the means to control? • Does the billing process deliver budget stability?
• Do pricing mechanisms match your budgetary and operational needs? • Is it really a fixed price contract?
Find your way through the contract maze
Energy contracts generally offer fixed price or more complicated flexible contracting arrangements.
Portfolio solutions can deliver access to wholesale flexible energy contracts and lower costs even for smaller volume buyers.
But it is vital to evaluate all the options, bring in the experience gained in contract tendering in this field and skilfully negotiate the right deal that matches your needs. UX brings a wealth of experience and expertise in evaluating, negotiating and operating energy supply contracts:
• We help you understand the cost implications and operational limits in the contracts offered by suppliers • We help you negotiate the best deal
• We deliver independent advice and objective assessment of the facts
energy risk
management
expert
Knowledge
of markets
ux
Control risk and costs for accurate budgets
UX has developed unique processes, strategies, systems and methodologies designed to control the risks associated with volatile and complex energy markets.
Our risk management service helps you trade energy and buy competitively to deliver accurate budgeting.
We continue to help you manage risk through additional services such as:
• Re-forecasting • Position monitoring • Structured routine reviews
Our risk management experts apply their extensive financial experience and knowledge of the energy markets to help achieve competitive costs and greater stability for your organisation.
energy risK management
portfolio serviCes
Increase your purchasing power
Our portfolio services help you achieve a better deal through consolidated purchasing power.
Membership of our portfolio helps you to acquire energy:
• At competitive wholesale prices • With better risk control
• Transferring complex decision-making and purchasing to experienced energy risk management consultants on an active basis • With improved billing support
Manage your energy tender process online
UX Online® is our advanced and bespoke energy purchasing platform. By delivering more accurate and more
comprehensive price analysis, contractual terms and conditions and reporting, UX enables its clients to make THE informed decision.
The process evaluates all the different contract offers to create real price transparency, quickly, delivering a true like-for-like analysis of price and cost for each supplier. It does this routinely and smoothly at a time of your choosing. Suppliers have been trained in the submission of tenders onto the system which they can do with ease, allowing re-tenders to be implemented without difficulty or fuss should the need arise.
fixed priCe ContraCting - ux online
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The end result is that UX Online®
gives you:
• Rapid contract evaluation • Corrected contract comparison for variation in supplier responses • Transparent and hence typically more competitive and lower energy costs
• Efficient resource allocation
In short, UX Online® automates the analytical and
administrative burden associated with tendering fixed price energy contracts, handling the large volume of data fast, efficiently and accurately and presents the results in clear and readily interpretable form. This means tenders, even for very large estates, can be run and evaluated accurately in a manner that most systems do not have the capacity for.
ux enables its clients to
A full range of specialist energy services
UX offers a host of flexible energy bureau services, designed to meet your energy contract and estate management needs. These include:
• Billing
• Estate management
• Energy supply contract delivery
Significant investment in hardware and software and experienced people, means we can react rapidly to your needs and efficiently process the analytical work required.
UX handles the entire energy management function down to the single key element required.
Services include:
• Account validation
• Data collection and storage • Data interpretation
• Support on setting and checking billing rates • Checking and optimising tariff structures • Estate management
• Site-works
• Metering and sub metering services (AMR) • Consumption reporting and interpretation • Budgeting, re-forecasting and
contract optimisation
• Analysis down to meter level on a delivered and daily basis
bureau serviCes
ux handles the entire energy management function
down to the single key element required.
Carbon management
Meet your commitments to reducing carbon use
The goal of a low carbon economy means the impact of environmental policies and CSR in business has never been more acute. Measuring and reporting on your carbon footprint presents a major challenge in terms of data capture and management.
UX provides a range of innovative, sophisticated tools and services designed to ensure you achieve full compliance with legislation to meet your operational requirements.
We design and deliver energy reduction programmes and audits to reduce your energy usage and carbon emissions. These include:
• Policies and strategies • Energy audits
• Project management and implementation • Accreditation support
metering serviCes
Measure usage and control costs
UX provides a range of metering and data services to support the capture, reporting and analysis of your energy estate. We help you meet your contractual obligations, monitor usage and identify waste.
Our metering services will help you to:
Reduce energy
contract costs
Support the
process of running
site surveys and
energy audits
Analyse your energy
consumption
to establish
benchmarks and
reduce waste
Achieve
accurate billing and
so pay only for
energy used
providing a range of metering and data services to
support, capture, report and analyse your energy estate.
We help you develop energy efficient building management practices and focus your energy saving efforts and investments on the areas that will deliver the biggest, greenest results and ensure accurate measurement and monitoring of your carbon reduction strategies.
marKet intelligenCe serviCes
Insight into complex global markets
Global energy markets have changed radically in recent years and this impacts local markets and the ways in which energy is sourced, priced and consumed. Growing market liberalisation and transparency has also led to more actively competitive pricing which means we are seeing much greater market volatility at all levels. Our expertise will help you to:
• Understand the complexities of energy markets • Take advantage of the latest developments in
energy management technology
• Use detailed market analysis for improved decision-making and the sensible application of forecasts
Clear advice and bespoke consultancy
UX reports provide daily market updates and weekly market projections, all the way through to a 10-year price scenario analysis.
We are renowned for clear and unequivocal advice, which has been successfully applied in many situations, founded on decades of experience and expertise.
Our service helps you with: • Review and control • Planning and budgeting • Technical analysis • Long-term forecasting
• Project planning and evaluation
Bespoke Consultancy and analysis is our speciality.
ConsultanCy serviCes
Expertise on tap
Energy is a major cost for most businesses, but it is hard for organisations to keep pace with the rate of change around energy legislation, environmental legislation and investment cultures.
Our consultancy services support your teams when making important investment decisions which may include strategy development, budget forecasting and feasibility studies. Our advice is independent and objective. It covers:
• Renewable energy project evaluation • Energy market outlook reports
• Wholesale price forecasts (scenario analysis)
• Benchmarking and evaluation of procurement contracts
• Ad-hoc updates on legislation developments, both national and international
dediCated to Controlling energy Costs
and Competitive proCurement
UX has been a leading provider of energy consultancy services since 1995. What sets us apart is our commitment to developing long-term relationships with our clients, based on trust and integrity.
We bring class leading innovation in procedures and systems to the sector and so many of our methodologies and technologies are unique to UX, having been developed and controlled in-house.
We can deliver truly bespoke procurement, energy efficiency and contract management solutions designed to match your needs.
We would be delighted to help you arrange a better energy deal, one that saves you money, matches your operational needs and delivers better risk management. To talk to one of our consultants, please call us today, or you can find out more about our company, our services and our ethos at: www.ux-online.com.
