NPOWER OFFERS NEW FIXED BUSINESS ENERGY CONTRACT n


power Business Solutions has announced new upgrades to its


Fixed: Certainty energy contract, for large business customers by providing increasingly important budget certainty. Working closely with businesses to explain the design of the Electricity Market Reform (EMR), the company has enhanced its Fixed: Certainty offering to account for, and fully fix, the newly priced Capacity Mechanism charges on new business energy contracts. The new offering provides a clear


and secure way of guaranteeing a company’s energy supply, with both commodity and key non-commodity elements of the bill being fully fixed. For electricity, this now includes costs associated with EMR’s Contracts for Difference and Capacity Mechanism, in addition to Feed in Tariff (FiT) and Renewable Obligation (RO) costs. Wayne Mitchell, Director of


Markets & Innovation for npower Business Solutions, said: “As the implementation of EMR becomes more certain, so do our energy


contracts. We aim to provide an all- inclusive power or gas contract that’s simple, predicable and transparent for companies, providing budgetary certainty for our customers for the duration of the contract.” Today’s energy bills contain many


unpredictable costs – from commodity prices that can change hourly to transportation and network charges that are influenced by a range of variables. There are also an increasing number of different government environmental taxes that


can be subject to the shifting political environment, and new costs related to the government Electricity Market Reform. npower’s upgrade to its successful energy contract: Fixed Certainty reflects the changing nature of energy management and the Government’s market reforms. It ensures that energy costs are guaranteed with commodity, EMR, FiT and RO costs agreed as fixed in a contract will remain constant throughout. www.npower.com/business


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There is also a focus from BRE on the latest schemes for managing energy in buildings with a five-step approach to successfully carrying out energy management. A look at a new energy


Ways of ensuring compliance with the impending Energy Savings Scheme (ESOS) are increasingly prevalent as the deadline later this year grows closer. Featured on p8 of this issue is a look at why it pays to consider the bigger picture in regards to compressed air systems and ESOS.


management platform explores how this is offering major energy savings in New York City as featured on p10 of this issue. Alongside this a focus on biomass


boilers and how this is offering an attractive option for generating heat through renewable energy on p14. Our monitoring and metering focus considers how to put ‘old’


digital meters online with new optical probe technology as featured on p16. Planning ahead is key to


optimising energy and cost saving benefits and our purchasing utilities focus explores why waiting until your energy contract expires could cost you more than it needs to on p18. There is a great array of events


this year so don’tforgettotakea look stating with The Energy Conference in London in June highlighted in our pre show preview on p19 and a preview of Sustainability Live on p22. Michelle Winny, Editor


Daikin UK has opened a brand new national training and technology centre in Woking, Surrey, offering industry-leading facilities for hands-on training using the very latest technologies. Investment in the new £1.1m training centre demonstrates the company’s commitment to advancing the future of the industry by helping to meet the demand for suitably qualified and experienced engineers. The engineering skills shortage


is seen as one of the biggest challenges for HVAC installation companies in the UK today. A recent report by Daikin UK found that 83% of HVAC companies are finding it very difficult to hire suitably qualified engineers.


russelle@cibcomms.co.uk


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