HENOC sector focus
Manufacturing
Energy is a unit-cost input. We treat it like one.
For most UK manufacturers, electricity and gas sit directly in cost of goods sold. That makes the shape of your contract as important as the headline rate: a price agreed at the wrong point in the curve can quietly move your margin for three years. We tender the whole market against your actual half-hourly load, and we build the buying strategy around your production pattern rather than a generic annual profile.
Typical supply
Half-hourly electricity, often 100kVA–2MVA, plus daily-metered gas
Load shape
Shift-driven, high day-time demand, some 24/7 process load
Main cost drivers
Commodity, capacity (kVA), DUoS red bands, CCL
What makes manufacturing different
Load factor works in your favour — if it's priced in
Steady, high-load-factor sites are attractive to suppliers. That should show up as a keener unit rate; it often does not unless the tender presents the data properly.
Authorised capacity drift
Agreed supply capacity is frequently set years ago and never revisited. Sites pay excess capacity charges, or carry far more kVA than they now draw.
Power factor penalties
Inductive plant without correction can attract reactive power charges that never appear in a rate comparison.
Energy-intensive reliefs
Some manufacturers qualify for CCL relief through a Climate Change Agreement, or for reduced-rate VAT on qualifying supplies. These are frequently under-claimed.
How we work with manufacturing clients
Tender on real HH data
We pull twelve months of half-hourly consumption under a Letter of Authority and price against your true profile, not an estimate.
Capacity and power factor review
We review agreed capacity against measured peaks and flag correction opportunities before you commit to a new contract.
Curve-timed placement
Renewals are worked 6–12 months out so we can transact into strength rather than on your expiry date.
Invoice validation
Every invoice checked line-by-line against contract rates and published non-commodity charges, with recovery pursued where variances appear.
Common things we find
- Quotes compared on unit rate alone, with capacity and standing charges excluded
- Rollover contracts triggered by a missed notice period
- CCA / CCL relief lapsing without anyone noticing
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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