Services

We complete the entire procurement process on your behalf. We are always available to answer any questions during the procurement process and to provide a managed service during the term of the retail contract.

Getting started is easy:-

Complete a signed “letter of Authority”
Provide a recent copy of a bill (front & back) for each site
…that’s it!

Once we have the data, we will discuss with you your current Contract requirements, in comparison to what is needed in your next contract.

As part of our procurement process, we not only provide a full comparative cost analysis of all prices offered, but we also check and provide a fully comprehensive energy analysis report including:-

Gas consumption over past 12 months (used to benchmark current offers)
Review of Annual Contract Quantity (ACQ), Maximum Daily Quantity (MDQ) & Maximum Hourly Quantity (MHQ) so the new contract will ‘match’ the load requirements of the client.
Take or Pay Clause review (how much risk you wish to take to receive a lower price)
Network Access Charge (pipe costs)
Metering Charges
Greenhouse Gas emissions
An Executive Price Summary highlighting the best price available from each retailer for the duration of the contracts
A full set of supporting load profile (graphs) where data is available for AC, MDQ & MHQ
Contracts from all retailers
(Depending on your preference) advising you on the “best value” for money contract when T & C’s are compared with respect to Overruns charges.
You can choose to nominate any Contract Period length from 12 months to 5 years.

Reverse Auction is an innovative platform that has created a strategic shift in how energy is bought and sold throughout the country. C&I Energy’s real-time competitive bidding technology has become a game-changer because of its ability to uncover the lowest rates for business and government entities, and is considered a best practice for energy procurement. By inviting the most competitive energy suppliers in the market to bid in a reverse auction hosted exclusively for your company, all participants bid and counter-bid in the transparent, real-time platform that goes on until the lowest rates in the market are uncovered. The process ensures fair and transparent competition, which benefits suppliers who want to win more business and challenges the entire market to offer competitive rates.

• Includes checking the contracted ‘retail’ rates are correctly invoiced by the Retailer.
• No unusual changes to usage, and check Tariff charges

An Energy Audit for commercial and industrial (C&I) facilities includes the study of electric and natural gas usage and billing. Usage covers lighting, HVAC, motors, boilers, other energy using equipment, and building envelope. A typical audit usually takes two to ten hours at the facility, depending on size. It is helpful to have the assistance of a facility’s person to locate the energy using equipment and to answer questions about plant operation. Also, twelve months of electric and gas bills are necessary for an effective energy study. After gathering the data, it is analyzed and a detailed report is prepared. The report addresses specific energy and cost reduction recommendations for the facility as well as their environmental reduction impacts.

A Predominant Use study entails the analysis of all the energy load usage in the facility. Each piece of energy using equipment must have its power consumption recorded and a determination made as to how much of it’s energy is used for manufacturing. A list of all the equipment and their power consumption is recorded. This results is then analyzed to determine what percentage of energy is being used for manufacturing and if it is over 50%. If this criteria is met, then a certificate of exemption is written and sent to the utility which then places the company on their exempt sales tax list and no further sales taxes are added to future billings. Along with this certificate, the Predominant Use Report also shows a year of energy demand, consumption, and billing. As a bonus, taxes may be refunded for up to four years.

• Efficiency reports
• Provide a RFP to Power Factor Correction Equipment (PFC) Manufacturers & installers
• Provide Return on Investment
• Project Manage the installation of the PFC
• Arrange KVA reset with relevant Network Providers

We offer an in-house ‘Specialised Reporting Service’ (SRS) which is tailored to you.

Benefits:-

The reports will provide customers with quality data & information in an easy to read report giving you the opportunity to target high monthly consumption periods or immediately address changes in site ‘efficiency’ (i.e. low power factor) as you may be aware a lower power factor may increase your monthly KVA demand charges.

The main difference between C&I Energy & the competitors’ service is we use actual data – not estimates. We include your billing information every month with a full breakdown, plus most importantly we monitor your reports and immediately make you aware of any areas of concern. You can take comfort in the knowledge that even if you don’t have time to check the details…we are keeping an eye on your business energy usage for you.

In essence, we “report” on the Report.

• Further reduce of your energy accounts bills by adding a Solar System to your business.
• Provide advice on the Solar proposal you have received
• Provide a scope to ‘tender’ to multiple recommended Solar Energy companies
• Arrange a Power Purchase Agreement(PPA) so you can sell back the ‘excess’ of solar power you have to the market / Retailer

• Determining the best smart meter package including web access
• Added benefit of data ‘streamed’ direct from the meter to your email address
• Data Streamed  daily / weekly / monthly (or another period which suits your requirements)