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Supporting the backbone of global supply chains

The transport and distribution sector spends over £1 billion a year on energy alone. At Inenco, we work to provide an end-to-end utility solution. The time and resource allocated to staying abreast of new schemes, policy and legislation is increasing and our specialists can support you in achieving your budget, meeting compliance targets and offering insight and advice on sound investments with a quick payback. As experts in utilities, we save businesses money without costing them the time and resource.

For the transport and distribution sector, a rapidly changing and even more competitive market brings continued pressure for organisations to differentiate and demonstrate sustainable growth, set against increasing costs, new supply chain concepts and the demands of globalisation.

As one of the most energy intensive sectors, energy managers should be working closely with their utility consultancy as setting and managing energy budgets accurately will be crucial to keeping expenditure under control. Smart utilities management can help to reduce operating costs and enhance your savings.

Inenco’s energy traders procure over £1.3 billion of power and gas each year on behalf of over 800 organisations, making us one of the largest third-party purchasers of energy in the UK. Our experts place thousands of contracts every year and our award-winning energy buying team have a proven track record of outperforming the market on behalf of our clients.

We have access to a range of market intelligence sources, from commodity markets to long range weather forecasting, to give a complete view of market influences and inform our purchasing decisions. Our long-standing relationships with suppliers allow us to negotiate better terms on your behalf and provide an unbiased recommendation to you based upon our understanding of your requirements.

Is your business meeting all obligations?

By choosing Inenco as your utility partner, you have at your disposal a vast array of expertise all under one roof.

Whether you are looking to organise your utility strategy across all elements, or if you have complex legislative obligations and KPIs around sustainability, Inenco has the utility services your organisation requires. Our service is designed to enable you to derive the maximum benefit from the complex world of energy management and help your in-house team stay abreast of upcoming compliance schemes.

Complying with mandatory schemes is too important to leave to chance and our dedicated compliance team are true experts in their field. We understand the intricacies and differences in reporting requirements for a full range of compulsory and optional energy and environmental schemes such as greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting, climate change agreements (CCA), carbon disclosure project (CDP), combined heat and power quality assurance (CHPQA) and EU emissions trading system (EUETS).

Inenco will ensure your business meets all obligations and work with you to identify extra savings and benefits to mitigate upcoming incremental costs. Our compliance experts can help you to gain the maximum value from available schemes within our holistic suite of utility-related compliance services.

Not only that, we will compile and maintain a body of evidence and submit it to the regulator when required.

Is your utility strategy fully optimised?

At Inenco we pride ourselves in being able to assist you not only with how to buy your energy smartly and compliantly, but also with how to maintain processes whilst reducing your energy consumption and identifying new opportunities through new technology, market opportunities or processes.

With so many upcoming changes across the energy landscape, businesses need to be prepared. Next year will see the introduction of the Energy Intensive Industry (EII) exemption, which is great news for exempt businesses, but those that aren’t eligible will have to absorb the extra costs – which is expected to raise RO and FiT costs by around 6% for each business. Also, the Climate Change Levy (CCL) tax is due to increase by 46% when the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is abolished in 2019.  How can you prepare for these cost increases?

Over the next 3 years, non-commodity costs are expected to rise as follows for the transport and distribution sector:

2017/18 – £621m
2018/19 – £681m
2019/20 – £721m 

We will help you to identify and maximise the opportunities that are available and which are best suited to your organisation. Implementing a few simple techniques can reduce energy consumption, as well as enhancing your environmental and sustainability credentials.

Driving the EV Revolution

Government forecasts predict that electric vehicle numbers could reach 10.5 million by 2030, this will not only change the way in which we plan our travel, but also business interaction with electricity markets. So, if electric vehicles aren’t already within your remit, it’s likely they will be in the not-so-distant future.

EVs are expected to make up 60% of all new car sales and to represent a much larger proportion of car fleets by 2030. Diesel vehicles will be banned in many cities, with the UK banning new diesel and petrol vehicles from 2040.

As EVs become more popular, there will be an increase in demand that is less predictable. Our Future Utilities Manager Report revealed that the mainstream adoption of EVs will put further strain on our ageing network system and make it more complex to balance the grid, which is likely to increase businesses’ non-commodity costs.

This means that energy managers will see increasing pressures to reduce their energy costs now and into the future. This will involve a number of measures including energy efficiency, staff and customer energy awareness, demand management and self-generation.

Once the new energy demand is understood, the Utilities Manager may also see opportunities for utilising batteries as a storage facility (and to provide additional advantage to the business through revenue creation and energy cost mitigation.) Read: Could electric vehicles recharge your business’ bottom line?

As the energy landscape continues to change, energy managers will see their role evolve and transport will increasingly become part of their remit. Talk to our experts about getting involved in the EV market to give your business a competitive advantage.

Recover your Missing Millions

It is estimated that the transport & distribution sector spends more than £1 billion a year on energy alone.

Inenco’s Missing Millions report, released earlier this year, exposed that one in five business energy bills contain mistakes and highlighted that 2% of energy spend is billed incorrectly.

Amongst the worst hit was the transport and distribution sub-sector who could be missing out on over £21m of unclaimed refunds and incorrect energy charges.

At a time when energy costs are rising by 25% and businesses are facing pressures from every direction, recovering historic inaccuracies and preventing future over-payment could make a big impact on the bottom line.

The only way to identify these issues is by conducting invoice validation and bill audits to check for inaccuracies across the supply chain, yet only 20% of organisations currently conduct these on a regular basis. Businesses can recover incorrect charges for the past 6 years and the entire process can be managed end-to-end to make it simple and stress-free.

We have saved Stagecoach over £135k through our Bureau service, with additional refunds recovered to the value of £110k.

Our Expertise

Inenco has helped numerous organisations to understand their energy usage and improve their energy efficiency for almost 50 years. We understand the various challenges faced by the sector and appreciate that energy takes up a significant portion of a business’ running costs, so it’s priority to review your strategy.

Inenco’s dedicated team are sector specialists and understand the pressing challenges facing the transport and distribution sector across the UK and Europe.

When was the last time you reviewed your energy strategy?

Inenco are offering a consultation to review your current strategy and the products available in the market. To schedule your appointment with one of our specialists, complete our call back form.

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Case study – Stagecoach

Driving utility cost reduction across water services

Stagecoach originally retained Inenco for a comprehensive bureau service in relation to their entire portfolio, however following this Stagecoach engaged Inenco to conduct a full audit of their water supplies. This process ensured that they were being invoiced correctly by suppliers and assisted with reducing their high consumption.

A fully comprehensive water analysis service was implemented undertaking charging tariff amendments; resolving charging errors; and investigating excess consumption potential. Inenco undertook an efficiency ratio benchmarking analysis to identify those depots potentially wasting water and following this, then began a programme of efficiency and leakage surveys to rectify these concerns.

A number of measures have already been implemented to reduce consumption, and Inenco are now working with Stagecoach on a solution toward excess consumption problems identified during our site surveys emanating from the domestic facilities across the portfolio. This area has the potential to produce substantial annual savings for Stagecoach.

Savings to date have included a utilities revenue recovery of £137k, an 11% annual saving of total spend and refunds recovered to the value of £110k.

There are also annual savings of £70k and rebates of £40k currently identified in the implementation process.

Sustainable Energy First, has acquired Inenco.


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to make truly renewable
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