Little Known Facts on How to Reduce Your Energy Bill and Usage

Here are some little known facts to help your business reduce its energy bill.

Fact 1: Your energy bill is going up. In April 2019 the climate change "levy", which most businesses have on their bill, is increasing - electricity up 45% and gas 67%¹.

Fact 2: If you have a Climate Change “Agreement” (CCA) you receive a discount on this levy. Basically, you get money back.

Fact 3: This discount is 90% off your bill for electricity, and 65% off for gas. That’s how much you save with a CCA. This is going to increase to 93% and 78% off soon².

Fact 4: This may be a little confusing at first, but read on - it gets better.

Fact 5: The “CCA" is running for at least five more years. 

Fact 6: The scheme closes for new entries in 2018 – application deadline is 29 June. If you do not sign up by this date, you will be losing out until 2023 and not be able to do anything about it.

Now you know these facts, what can you do?

Contact us to ask us more questions, we can help guide you through the next steps to holding a CCA - or let you know the options at least.

Forward this email to your colleague responsible for energy management, this might be your finance director, site engineer, or energy manager.

Find out more information online yourself.

Important things to know:

This scheme is for energy intensive participants - the company signs up to energy efficiency improvement targets agreed with the government, and pay a reduced Climate Change Levy as a result (as mentioned above) - more information here.

It's not a simple five-minute form, there is paper work involved.

If you get a consultant to help – which you can (we’re not consultants) then that cost should easily be covered by your energy bill savings. Of course you can check this yourself.

You may not be eligible, we can help find this out.

You can estimate how much you might save by looking at the table below.

How much will your company save?³

1. The energy tax which most businesses have on their bill, is increasing - electricity up 45% to 0.847 p/kWh and gas by 67% to 0.339 p/kWh.
2. From April 2019 the discount is increasing.
3. Climate Change Levy discount available to CCA participants following the rate change in April 2019.

Disclaimer: This content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. This should not be considered financial advice. When making personal or business financial decisions you should consult a professional. The British Plastics Federation (BPF) is not a qualified provider of financial advice. The BPF will not be held liable for any action taken as a result of information herein.