HENOC sector focus
Agriculture & Farming
Seasonal peaks, growing loads and a rural network that charges for both.
Glasshouses, cold storage, dairy processing and livestock units are industrial energy users in a rural setting. Demand is highly seasonal — supplementary lighting through winter, chilling and irrigation through summer — and rural distribution costs sit above urban equivalents. We tender on the actual seasonal shape rather than a flat annual estimate, and we look at whether on-farm generation is genuinely earning its keep.
Typical supply
HH electricity at processing and glasshouse sites, NHH across farm buildings, LPG or oil where gas is unavailable
Load shape
Strongly seasonal; grow-light and chilling peaks, milking-parlour cycles
Main cost drivers
Seasonal peak demand, rural distribution charges, refrigeration and drying
What makes agriculture & farming different
Seasonality distorts pricing
A contract priced on an annual average can misprice a business that draws most of its power in five months of the year.
Off-gas-grid sites
Many holdings use LPG, oil or biomass for heat. These sit outside standard energy tenders and are frequently left unreviewed for years.
Export and generation
Solar PV, AD plant and wind on farm create export arrangements that need to be valued alongside the import contract, not separately.
Multiple meters, one business
Farmyard, cold store, packhouse and cottages often sit on separate supplies with separate end dates.
How we work with agriculture & farming clients
Season-aware tendering
We price against twelve months of real consumption so suppliers see the actual seasonal profile.
Import and export reviewed together
Export tariffs and generation revenue are benchmarked at the same time as the import contract.
Whole-holding consolidation
All meters across the holding brought into one schedule with aligned renewal dates.
Invoice validation
Bills checked line-by-line, including capacity, reactive power and estimated reads on remote meters.
Common things we find
- Estimated reads on hard-to-access rural meters compounding for months
- Export arrangements left on legacy rates after a PV or AD installation
- Cold store or dryer supplies sitting outside the main contract
Findings vary by client and site. Nothing here is a guarantee of saving — we quote against your own bills, and where we quote savings our clients average around 15%.
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