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WINTER 2017 BUYING & USING UTILITIES ‘Responding to the New Markets’ The Annual Two-Day Energy and Water Event Have you booked your place? See pages 12 & 13 10 & 11 POSITIVE NEWS ON SUSTAINABILITY 14 WHY UNDERSTANDING YOUR WATER SYSTEM IS KEY

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WINTER 2017BUYING & USING UTILITIES

‘ Responding to the New Markets’

The Annual Two-Day Energy and Water Event Have you booked your place? See pages 12 & 13

10 & 11POSITIVE NEWS ON SUSTAINABILITY

14WHY UNDERSTANDING YOUR WATER SYSTEM IS KEY

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Making connectionsMaking connectionsWorking with customers, suppliers and communities to build a sustainable future

Making connectionsMaking connectionsWorking with customers, suppliers and Working with customers, suppliers and communities to build a sustainable future

Energy at work for you. That’s our business.

At SSE Business Energy, sustainability is fundamental to the way we work

with others in every aspect of our business.

It’s at the heart of our service ethos – putting the current and future needs of

our customers at the heart of everything we do. The way we work with suppliers,

such as our commitment to ensuring that people working through our supply

chain earn the Living Wage, plus our relationships with the communities we

operate in. For each new onshore wind farm we build, we establish local and

regional community funds. Since 2002 we’ve supported over 1,000 community

projects this way, with grants of over £13million.

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BUYING & USING UTILITIES

Major Energy Users’ Council8 Fenchurch Place London EC3M 4AJTel: 020 8997 3854 Email: [email protected]: www.meuc.co.ukTwitter: @meucevents

President: Andrew BainbridgeEmail: [email protected]

Chief Executive: Peter Roper Email: [email protected]

Commercial & Operations Manager: Sandra BarradasEmail: [email protected]

Membership Manager: Caroline BuckleyEmail: [email protected]

Development Director: Andrew BuckleyEmail: [email protected]

Data & Communications Manager: Claire Slade Email: [email protected]

Buying and Using Utilities is published four times a year by MEUC for its members and for large utility customers. The publishers are not responsible for any statement made in this publication. Data, discussions and conclusions developed by authors are for information only and not intended for use without independent substantiating investigation on the part of potential users. Opinions expressed are those of the authors (or contributor to discussion) and are not necessarily those of MEUC, Buying and Using Utilities or its publishers. © MEUC 2018

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CONTENTS

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IN THIS ISSUE

4 MEUC NewsPeter Roper outlines the MEUC’s plans to help support your business by providing the services you requested

6 MEUC NewsEddie Proffitt, explains some of the key concerns surrounding gas security following the closure of Centrica’s Rough Storage

8 & 9 Parliamentary InsightsGeoff Davies reports on developments that have been overshadowed by two landmark announcements, but are still of major significance

10 & 11 Reducing CarbonAn in-depth look at how much progress has been made in the area of sustainability

12 & 13 Annual ConferenceDetails of this year’s Big Bash, two-day conference and information forum. It features a packed programme and during the first morning Professor Dieter Helm has agreed to take members through the main findings and proposals from the Cost of Energy Review recently delivered to government

14 WaterMark Taylor offers some timely advice on how to protect your business from suffering the ravages of the cold winter months

16 Reducing CarbonAn in-depth review of the government’s latest plan to cut carbon emissions to combat climate change whilst driving economic growth

18 StorageA detailed look at a battery storage project that is said to be the first in GB to provide enhanced frequency response services to the grid

20 EnergyGeoff Davies offers his views on what the recent Helm review really means for I&C consumers

22 NewsLG Energy moves into the wider market and RWM exhibitions are acquired by a flood and contamination group

MAJOR ENERGY USERS’ COUNCIL

ssebusinessenergy.co.uk/sustainability | 0800 072 3317

Making connectionsMaking connectionsWorking with customers, suppliers and communities to build a sustainable future

Making connectionsMaking connectionsWorking with customers, suppliers and Working with customers, suppliers and communities to build a sustainable future

Energy at work for you. That’s our business.

At SSE Business Energy, sustainability is fundamental to the way we work

with others in every aspect of our business.

It’s at the heart of our service ethos – putting the current and future needs of

our customers at the heart of everything we do. The way we work with suppliers,

such as our commitment to ensuring that people working through our supply

chain earn the Living Wage, plus our relationships with the communities we

operate in. For each new onshore wind farm we build, we establish local and

regional community funds. Since 2002 we’ve supported over 1,000 community

projects this way, with grants of over £13million.

Contracting for Power and GasA one-day Training Course with new Workbook presented by the author Alan Burgess, Energy and Technical Services Manager, South West Water.

An introductory and refresher one-day course covering:

• understanding the electricity and gas markets,

• your contract options and • how to get the best deal for your

organisation.

Date20th February – London Regents University21st February – Manchester University

Course FeesMEUC Member FREESecond member £195.00 excl VAT.Non-member delegates £395.00 excl VAT. Additional delegates £195 excl. VAT

Other events for 2018 include:Two-day Conference, Exhibition and Dinner6th & 7th March at Guoman Tower Hotel, London (see pages 12 & 13)

Training AcademyProfiting from Demand Side Flexibility and StorageManchester and London – April – Dates to be confirmed.

Energy and Water Policy Group MeetingsMay: Venue & Date TBCSeptember: Birmingham – Venue & Date TBCDecember: London – Venue & Date TBC

Roadshow Conference and ExhibitionOctober Leeds – Venue & Date TBC London – Venue & Date TBC

To book your place for any of our events go to www.MEUC.co.uk and click on Events.

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MEUC NEWS

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Welcome to 2018 and on behalf of the MEUC I wish you all the very best for the year ahead.

Like many others, we have set ourselves a resolution. It is simple and uncomplicated. It is to listen to your views and opinions and provide for you the services you tell us you require. One of the key issues you have raised is education and training. So to support that we are running another of our informative courses based on the Alan Burgess/Total Gas & Power training academy book – Contracting for Power & Gas. This is being held in London on February 20th and in Manchester on February 21st.

In addition we are planning to run another of our popular Profiting from Demand Side Flexibility and Storage training course days, again in London and Manchester in April – Date to be confirmed.

After last year’s highly successful two-day 30th Anniversary Big Bash and due to popular demand we are returning to the Guoman Hotel, next to Tower Bridge in London on March 6th and 7th.

If that wasn’t enough, we are delighted to announce that Professor Dieter Helm has agreed to take members through the principal findings of his Review of Energy Costs report, recently completed for government, and answer questions.

Produced for a government seeking guidance on how electricity prices can be made more competitive, Dieter Helm’s report shows how suppliers, customers, the regulator and government need to adapt to meet the much-changed requirements from the low carbon future. His conclusions have been widely circulated that prices are higher than necessary to meet carbon targets and that current policy and regulation are not fit for future purpose.

Dieter will be speaking on the first day, March 6th, in the morning with ample time also set aside for questions. Our theme for this year’s event is “Responding to the New Markets” and much of the

two-days is given over to examining how Members need to adapt to meet the challenges brought by moving to low carbon generation and the smart energy future.

Not only do we have the highest charges in Europe at the moment but we are also faced with further major increases in pass through charges onto customer bills until the mid 2020s arising from the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariffs, the Contracts for Difference (CfDs) and the new Capacity Charges. Members need no prompting on how damaging this upward course in prices could prove, now joined by a return to wholesale price increases as crude breaks back through the $70 per barrel marker.

In addition, with your help and support the MEUC has responded to the BEIS’ call for evidence as the Department ponders on how to respond to this Review. For members it is an important document. It sets out how embracing greater competition and cutting back on regulation could reduce costs in the long term. It also spells out why our costs are the highest in Europe and how relief could be provided sooner rather than later by facing up to the legacy costs arising from the over-generous subsidies of the past.

Big Bash 18 will also hear from members on their hopes and fears for the year ahead, discuss budget expectations for gas, power and water in 2018, get an update on the likely shape of carbon reporting with the phasing out of CRC this year and catch up on what has been going on in the new retail water market.

We have a full programme of learning options including eight forum sessions that will also be running on both days giving you the opportunity to look in detail on how you can offset these cost increases, what technical progress is being made and what new options are coming available. Subjects range from getting a good water deal, demand side flexibility, power purchasing agreements, battery storage options, greening processes and buildings and longer-term pricing prospects for strategic planning.

Throughout the year we will be running our Policy Group Meetings where your get the opportunity to discuss your issues and concerns with fellow members, Government representatives, Treasury, BEIS and suppliers and producers.

I am also pleased to announce that the MEUC members’ section of the newly upgraded website (meuc.co.uk) will be developed to bring you case studies, on-line training programmes and seasonal help and advice, in addition to the existing weekly newsletters, B+UU magazines, exhibition, forum and training course information complete with direct booking.

Peter

Peter Roper Chief Executive

Responding to members’ needs

After last year’s highly successful two-day 30th Anniversary Big Bash and due to popular demand we are returning to the Guoman Hotel, next to Tower Bridge in London on March 6th and 7th.

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The Major Energy Users Council has joined with the following diverse group to call for a review of the UK gas security of supply – the Ceramics Confederation, the Confederation of Paper Industries, the trade union GMB and Storage Operators with a meeting being held at Ofgem to help initiate such a review.

The sensitivity of gas security was highlighted recently when three elements combined to cause short term gas prices to spike. The three were, a crack discovered in a pipeline delivering from the North Sea, an explosion on a pipeline in Austria both combined with high demand due to cold weather across Europe.

The price spike that resulted highlighted the role that Rough storage used to perform prior to its closure, in providing the calming effect on the market at times of unexpected events.

As a comparison the UK now has less than 2 per cent of our annual demand held in storage compared with an average of 25 per cent across the rest of Europe.

The UK does have the benefit of diverse sources of imported gas supplies. However, the responsiveness of imports is a function of the world market and simply having a lot of import capacity does not guarantee that supplies will be forthcoming when required. Furthermore, it is gas consumers (and not shippers and suppliers) who are financially exposed to the ensuing higher prices that will be necessary to attract additional gas to the UK at times of threats to security of supply.

There must be an additional concern with regard to electricity generation, where gas currently dominates

supply. As recently as a week ago gas generation was over 60 per cent of the total due to the lack of wind on that day. With the growth of intermittent renewable generation gas demand will fluctuate dramatically, heavily dependent on the weather and time of day. National Grid Gas has forecast that by 2020/21, the variation in gas demand due to wind alone could be around 90 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d). Such variation in demand, without adequate storage of gas, will inevitably lead to price spikes in gas which in turn will produce a similar effect in power prices.

The impact on major energy users has to be of concern, both in the potential volatility in the cost of gas and in the potential loss of supply while we await shipments of LNG that could take weeks to arrive from Qatar or elsewhere that higher prices are expected to bring.

It is worth reminding ourselves of the procedure should gas security be under threat. Because of the extreme difficulty in restoring supply to domestic premises should isolation of a network be necessary through shortage of gas, the industry will do everything in its power to prevent this by removing large industrial and commercial loads first.

To address this Ofgem initiated a piece of work some years ago as a Significant Code Review that led to the development of a demand side response product to encourage large gas users to place bids on the system at a price for which they would be willing to come off the system to prevent an emergency having to be declared. As it is the gas shipper that has to place the bid on behalf of the consumer I am not aware of any shipper/supplier marketing this product with their customers and as a result I believe there is not a single bid having been placed, making this product irrelevant to security of supply and we are in the second winter of this DSR product being available.

Clearly the group pressing for a review of the UK gas security of supply will have their main focus on a Government initiative to encourage more gas storage to be provided either through supplier obligations or other means of support. MEUC’s involvement is broader in ensuring all means of security of supply are explored in order to prevent price volatility in the future.

Gas security following the closure of Centrica’s Rough Storage

The price spike that resulted highlighted the role that Rough storage used to perform prior to its closure, in providing the calming effect on the market at times of unexpected events.As a comparison the UK now has less than 2 per cent of our annual demand held in storage compared with an average of 25 per cent across the rest of Europe.

Eddie Proffitt, Technical Director, MEUC

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PARLIAMENTARY INSIGHTS

BEIS and Centrica blame each other In a period of several weeks that included announcements of the Government’s Clean Growth strategy and the much scrutinised findings of the independent Helm Review, the level of other detailed Parliamentary, Government and regulatory activity was such that there were numerous other developments to report. For this reason the Strategy and the Review are outlined separately from this article. (See pages 16 and 20.)

Committee focuses on energy post-BrexitIn September, the House of Lords’ EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee questioned six leading academics and industry experts on what they thought Brexit would mean for energy security. The focus was on issues such as:

1. the extent to which the UK is reliant on interconnectors with the European Union for secure gas and electricity supplies, and whether these will be at risk post-Brexit,

2. whether the UK can leave the EU and remain a member of, or retain access to, the Internal Energy Market,

3. how much influence the UK will have over EU energy policy once outside the EU, and

4. whether UK energy industry companies can retain a role in EU coordinating bodies after Brexit, and whether there will be value in doing so.

In the same month, the Committee also questioned experts on the implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland’s energy supply, as well as the UK’s planned withdrawal from the Euratom treaty. In the former case, key matters included the extent to which Northern Ireland is reliant for its energy security

on energy imported from the British mainland or elsewhere; the effect of Brexit on planned or currently operating interconnectors between Britain and the island of Ireland; and the feasibility of the single electricity market on the island of Ireland being maintained after Brexit. In the latter case, they included: the viability of nuclear power plant investments by other countries within and beyond the EU after the UK withdraws from Euratom; the implications of that withdrawal for the ownership and management of nuclear waste in the UK and the EU; and the expectations and wishes regarding the Government’s Nuclear Safeguards Bill.

In October the Government published the Bill in Parliament in preparation for the UK’s departure from Euratom. Its intentions were stated as: to establish a domestic nuclear safeguards regime delivered to existing Euratom standards, exceeding those required by the wider international community; and to bolster the roles and responsibilities of the UK’s existing nuclear regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). The UK will continue to be a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and work is on-going on new agreements with international parties. October also saw the EU Energy & Environment Sub-Committee hearing evidence from the Head of International Affairs at the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, focusing on the experience of Switzerland as a non-EU country that has an energy relationship with the UK. Typical questions raised concerned: how far the Swiss and EU energy systems are integrated; how they cooperate on areas such as nuclear safety and research & development; what influence Switzerland has to shape EU policy and legislation; and what challenges Switzerland has faced in negotiations with the EU over their energy relationship. The committee members additionally visited the National Grid’s control centre in Wokingham.

Alongside these investigations, the National Infrastructure Commission voiced its concern that Brexit could / would result in the UK losing the support of the European Investment Bank as a source of relatively low-cost loans for development, making it much more difficult to obtain private funding for infrastructure projects including upgrades for the energy, water and transport sectors. European legislation dictates that the Bank’s loans are available only to EU member states. Consequently the UK Government is having to debate whether to attempt to retain access to the Bank or form a UK version of it.

Plenty happening away from the spotlight Geoff Davies reports on developments overshadowed by two landmark announcements, but still significant

In September, the House of Lords’ EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee questioned six leading academics and industry experts on what they thought Brexit would mean for energy security.

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Government grapples with energy- related issuesMeanwhile, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee questioned senior representatives of Ofgem, Centrica, OVO Energy and the Norwich Business School about the different energy price cap proposals and their implications for customers, energy prices and competition. During the session, Committee Chair Rachel Reeves MP said quite bluntly that the energy market isn’t working.

The statement by Prime Minister Theresa May at the Conservative party conference that the Government would bring in legislation to prevent ‘rip-off energy prices once and for all’ (repeating her earlier promise in the run-up to the General Election) sent Centrica’s shares down to their lowest level since 2003. Soon afterwards Scottish Power said that it would move customers on to less expensive tariffs when their current contracts expired. Around the middle of October, however, it emerged that the initial price cap would end in 2020, seemingly in a response to pressure from Conservative MPs opposed to state intervention. Speaking in Parliament, Robert Jenkinson MP asked for reassurance that the energy companies wouldn’t ‘just bunch up all of the prices around the cap’. Another Conservative MP, Sir Desmond Swayne, drew a parallel with the universities, commenting that they had all charged the maximum once a cap had been introduced.

A consultation by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) focuses on ways to overcome barriers to the recovery and re-use of waste heat from industrial processes; also on the deployment of recoverable heat technologies in industry. Its aim is to allow industry to either re-use heat on-site or sell it to a third party, in the expectation that this will lead to: a more efficient and productive use of energy; lower fuel bills or a new revenue stream for industry; and a reduction in carbon emissions. The precise purposes of the consultation are defined as being to: test the proposed design of the Industrial Heat Recovery Support programme; gather additional evidence on the enablers and barriers to recovering industrial waste heat, to ensure the scheme is appropriately designed and maximises value for money; and start to identify a potential pipeline of projects from across industry sectors. BEIS is seeking responses from manufacturing and industrial companies, trade associations, technology providers, energy service companies, and academics, until the consultation closes on the 4th January.

A group of four energy companies headed by SSE and Drax wrote a joint letter to Chancellor Philip Hammond, urging him to maintain the UK commitment to carbon pricing beyond April 2021 when he announces the next Budget in November. They argued: ‘We now need to understand the trajectory of the UK’s carbon price into 2020s, particularly as without it generators have less clarity as they seek to deliver a new generation of efficient gas plants in the next capacity market auction in February 2018’. For this, they said, they needed a ‘robust and strong carbon price’. Currently, power generators

pay £23 for each tonne of carbon emitted, far more than in other European Union countries – though the companies’ letter noted that France and the Netherlands were starting to copy the UK approach.

Scottish Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse announced that the ban on fracking imposed in Scotland since the start of 2015 would be extended ‘indefinitely’, after a public consultation receiving 60,000-plus responses had voted by 99 per cent to oppose the practice. He said that the vote showed that ‘there is no social licence for unconventional oil and gas to be taken forward at this time’. Soon afterwards the MSPs voted by 91 to 28 to uphold the ban, after the Government had accepted amendments put forward by Labour and Green MSPs to incorporate it into future National Planning Frameworks.

Regulators look more closelyIn the areas of competition, affordability and vulnerability, the focus of an Ofgem report on the state of the energy market in 2017 was on the domestic sector, but elsewhere the report found that since the Climate Change Act 2008, over half of the reduction in the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions had come from cleaner electricity, alongside limited progress in reducing emissions from heat and transport. The reductions relied on carbon prices and

financial support including subsidies for renewables. Many renewables contracts had, however, been issued with limited or no competition, increasing costs to consumers. In the area of security of supply, gas supplies were shown to be diverse and resilient to disruption. Electricity supplies had been maintained without substantial use of ‘out of market’ measures to balance supply and demand. Although the Capacity Market should provide adequate capacity, close monitoring was needed to balance cost and security for consumers.

Ofwat began a consultation on proposals to adjust the price controls for three of the eighteen water companies in England and Wales to be applied from April of next year. The regulator proposed to apply a net penalty to South West Water of £2.09 million, reflecting under-performance on pollution incidents across the last two years. For Severn Trent Water’s major progress in reducing sewer flooding combined with its performance in other areas, Ofwat proposed a net out-performance payment of £38.4 million, though the company proposed to take only £11.4 million of the payment next year. Anglian Water’s reduction in leakage levels would similarly give the company a proposed net out-performance of £2.6 million.

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REDUCING CARBON

Many shake their heads and reflect that news is rarely good. But for sustainability, the news has been overwhelmingly positive in 2017 and we have seen real progress. The UK is the world leader in offshore wind, with the largest installed capacity in the world, and 2017 marks the year that the cost of offshore wind become cheaper than black energy. In the summer of 2017, nearly 52 per cent of electricity came from low carbon sources, compared with 25 per cent back in 2013.

Against this positive backdrop, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark announced his Clean Growth Strategy in October 2017. As an integral part of the UK’s Industrial Strategy, it sets out the way in which we as a nation will grow the economy by embracing decarbonisation. From creating new jobs, to investment in technologies that enable sustainable growth, the Clean Growth Strategy commits to investing £2.5 billion in low carbon innovation up to 2021.

Good news indeed – but not an opportunity to put our feet up. Despite amazing achievements and the flexing of strategic muscle, we still need to significantly accelerate our decarbonisation if we’re to meet the 4th and 5th carbon budgets.

It’s clear that businesses have an enormous contribution to make in meeting those decarbonisation targets. At present, it’s calculated that businesses account for 25 per cent of emissions and a target has been set to reduce this by 20 per cent by 2030. As further detail is revealed by Government, we should expect changes to energy efficiency policies for businesses of all sizes, including a reform to the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) and the introduction of a streamlined energy and carbon reporting framework.

Regardless of that framework detail, forward-facing businesses are increasingly likely to employ a combination of energy reduction, electrification of transport and renewables procurement, among other initiatives. All of which will support UK targets, help them to meet their own carbon goals, and ensure that they keep costs manageable while embracing the opportunities offered by a more sustainable future.

The benefits of a sustainable approachAn increasing number of progressive organisations are experiencing the benefits of operating responsibly. The RE100 list – whereby companies commit to sourcing 100 per cent of their global energy needs from renewable sources – is growing rapidly, and at the time of writing contained 116 organisations. Amongst their members are companies as varied as Ikea, Adobe, Diageo and Kellogg’s, and the range of benefits reported include increased competitiveness, opening doors to new tender opportunities and speedier delivery on emissions goals.

We’re pleased to be in a position to pass those same benefits on to our own customers and because Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy) can supply electricity that comes from 100 per cent offshore wind, our customers can also report zero CO2 emissions for their electricity supply under the World Resources Institute (WRI) Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 market based reporting.

One such customer is building materials company Wienerberger, which was keen to reduce the environmental impact of its operations. Wienerberger’s decision to ‘go green’ benefited its own customers, particularly those pursuing low embodied carbon options for the built environment.

Best foot forward on our low carbon journey Ashley Phillips, Sales & Marketing Director, Ørsted Sales UK (formerly DONG Energy looks back at how much progress has been made in the area of sustainability.

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Best foot forward on our low carbon journey

REDUCING CARBON

Making the commercials stack upIn 2015, the removal of the Climate Change Levy (CCL) exemption from renewable power created a stalling point for the uptake of renewables in the UK – and understandably so. Justifying paying a premium for green energy within an already stretched energy budget is a difficult case for businesses to make. In April 2016, we chose to remove this obstacle and cover the costs associated with green energy. This has enabled businesses to make sustainable choices without commercial disadvantage. As a company, our ambitions are clear: to create a world that runs entirely on green energy – so supporting businesses on their own sustainability journeys felt like the right thing to do.

Turning those electricity units into green units is, of course, only part of the story. In reducing overall energy consumption, businesses stand to lower their carbon footprint and their energy costs. Various options exist for achieving this, with organisations turning to the output from their ESOS audit to guide priority activity.

Many organisations have already implemented the energy reduction activities that are straightforward and yield a return. But it’s working smarter that will really make a difference. Ørsted’s Site Optimisation solution helps businesses reduce their energy costs. For example, it knows when wholesale prices or non-commodity costs are high, so businesses can react to this, and change consumption patterns in order to minimise the impact. For those with on-site generation or export potential, the rewards can be greater still where companies can swiftly respond to market conditions to earn additional revenue during more lucrative periods. Kodak Alaris was able to do just that, using recommendations from Site Optimisation to reduce energy costs by 11 per cent at their manufacturing site.

A more flexible futureA truly sustainable energy future will depend upon every one of our nation’s businesses becoming more informed and more involved. Recent announcements from National Grid about the possible streamlining of their system balancing programmes suggests that the Demand Side Response (DSR) landscape is likely

to change (and keep on changing), as will the role played by energy storage and peaking plants – but whatever shape the relationship between these elements and the marketplace takes, energy flexibility will remain key to sustainable growth. Energy flexibility will also continue to provide businesses with opportunities to cut costs and create valuable new revenue streams for their business. Those who are able to be agile in their approach and adapt quickly to change will see most benefit as DSR evolves; while stacking techniques and revenues will provide the best results. Our own Renewable Balancing Reserve (RBR) is one example of a flexibility service that can be used alongside other DSR programmes. It comes without commitment or penalty and helps our customers to unlock value from the rising imbalance market, so that they can glean maximum financial reward from a more flexible approach to energy management.

With flexibility and sustainability moving forward side by side, innovation in the marketplace keeping pace, and the opportunities for businesses to take better control of their energy management increasing with every stride, we believe the UK’s energy future looks brighter than ever.

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MEUC ANNUAL CONFERENCE

BOOK NOW! MEUC’s Annual

two-day Conference and Information

Forum

The Information Forum Programme Day One Afternoon and Day Two Morning – each Session runs twice

• Greening Processes and Buildings

• Greening the Transport Fleet

• Getting a Good Water Deal

• Harnessing Real Time Data

• Getting the Most Out of Demand Side Response

• Evaluating Battery Storage Options

• Introducing PPAs into a Balanced Purchasing Portfolio

• Longer Term Pricing for Strategic Planning

The Conference AgendaDay One Morning

• Professor Dieter Helm Summarises his Cost of Energy Review for Government

• Members Share their Hopes and Fears for Energy and Water in 2018

• Reviewing Progress on the New Carbon Reporting Regime

• Budgeting for Gas, Power and Water in 2018-19

• The US and UK Utility Markets Compared – Are There Lessons to Learn?

• Separate Energy and Water Question Time Sessions

• The Facilities Management Workshop (Day Two Afternoon)

Also included in the complimentary package for MEUC members and guests

• Members’ Conference Dinner

• Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception

• Lunches and Refreshments on Both Days

• Members and guests pay only for their overnight stay

• Special delegate rate for accommodation with breakfast for early bookers

This year’s theme –

‘ Responding to the New Markets’

Guoman Tower Hotel, London March 6th & 7th 2018

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08:45 Day Delegate Registration, Coffee and ExhibitionThe Morning Information Forum09:15 Session 6 or Session 4 Greening Processes Harnessing Real Time and Buildings Data10:05 Session 7 or Session 1 Greening the Transport Getting the Most out Fleet of Demand Side Management10:55 Coffee and Exhibition11:25 Session 8 or Session 2 Longer Term Pricing for Introducing PPAs into a Strategic Planning Balanced Purchasing Portfolio12:15 Session 5 or Session 3 Getting a Good Water Evaluating Battery Deal Storage Options 13:05 Lunch and Exhibition18:00 The First Day Information Forum Ends14:05 The BIFM Facilities Management Workshop Chaired by Sunil Shah, British Institute of Facilities

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Take advantage of the MEUC special accommodation package at the Guoman Tower HotelWe have secured a special rate for MEUC Members which expires on 26th January 2018. The special rate for bed and breakfast (single occupancy) for March 6th is £160.00 incl. VAT.BOOK NOW – e-mail: [email protected] or telephone: 0871 376 9036 Please note you need to book your own accommodation as we are unable to do this for you.FOR YOUR FAST TRACK REGISTRATION JUST E-MAIL [email protected] quoting your option1. The ‘Full Packag’ – Day One and Day Two programmes including

the Conference Dinner2. Day One and Day Two programmes without the Conference Dinner3. Day One programme with Conference Dinner4. Day One programme without the Dinner5. Conference Dinner and Day Two programme6. Day Two programme onlyAlso tell Caroline in your e-mail whether you have any special dietary requirements.You will receive a prompt confirmatory e-mail with joining instructions nearer the time.

09:30 Registration, Coffee and ExhibitionThe Morning Conference10:00 Welcome and Introduction to the Programme10:05 Members’ Hopes and Fears for Energy and Water in 2018 Four MEUC Members their energy and water thoughts on: 1. What are their main bugbears? 2. What impact are these having on their organisation? 3. What wish list would they have for government policy

in 2018? 4. What one thing could the government do to make

their job easier?10:45 An Energy Policy Fit for the New Purposes Professor Dieter Helm CBE takes delegates through the

main findings and proposals from his Cost of Energy Review recently delivered to government.

11:30 Coffee and Exhibition11:55 The New Water Market – Question Time with Panel

of Experts Chaired by Karma Loveday, MEUC Water Markets Adviser12:20 Reviewing Progress on the New Carbon Reporting

Regime Eddie Proffitt, MEUC Technical Director12:35 Budgeting for Gas, Power and Water in 2018-19 Cornwall Insight12:50 The US and UK Utility Markets Compared –

Are There Lessons to Learn? Britta Macintosh, Vice President, Ameresco UK

13:10 Energy Markets Question Time with Panel of Experts Chaired by Andrew Buckley, MEUC Development Director13:35 Lunch and Forum Exhibitio

The Afternoon Information Forum14:35 Session 1 or Session 5 Getting the Most out of Getting a Good Water Demand Side Deal Management15:20 Session 2 or Session 6 Introducing PPAs into a Greening Processes Balanced Purchasing and Buildings Portfolio16:05 Tea and Exhibition16:30 Session 3 or Session 7 Evaluating Battery Greening the Transport Storage Options Fleet17:15 Session 4 or Session 8 Harnessing Real Time Longer Term Pricing for Data Strategic Planning 18:00 The First Day Information Forum Ends19:30 Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception – Hosted by Burges Salmon20:00 The Conference Dinner with After Dinner Guest Speaker

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WATER

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Protecting your business over the winter months

Its official winter is well and truly upon us and this is exactly the time of year when you should be thinking about how you’re going to proactively protect your business during the colder months of the year. At Water Plus we’ve saved our customers more than £2.6 million, and millions of litres of water, through our proactive water management and leak detection and repair work in 2017. However, many customer can avoid having problems with their site infrastructure by becoming more proactive with their water management.

We asked Mark Taylor, Advanced Services Project Manager and leak detection expert at Water Plus, to share his golden rules on how you can minimise the possibility of a water incident occurring and ensure your day to day operations continue to run smoothly.

1. Understanding your business water system is keyUnderstanding your water infrastructure will save you precious time if an incident happens. As a minimum I would suggest your facilities or property managers know where to find stop taps and look out for any weak points in the system like loose fittings.

2. Regular leak checksObviously this isn’t something you will want to do every day but I would recommend that you check as often as possible. Catching a leak early could save you both money and hassle further down the line.

Spotting a leak:

• Has your water bill increased for reasons you do not understand

• Has there been a drop in the pressure of your water

• Does your premise have any structural damage due to flooding

3. Check your heatingShutting down your premises heating system completely could increase your risk of a frozen pipe. Leave the heating on a low setting and you’ll reduce this risk.

4. Check the weather Ensure your business is ready for cold spells, particularly across the early months of 2018, by insulating tanks, cisterns and external pipework. A burst pipe is damaging and inconvenient and will inevitably cost you money to repair. Real time weather updates can help you stay one step ahead. If you know what’s to come you can plan accordingly.

5. Keep in touch Make sure the correct people within your business are contactable. The longer a leak goes unreported the more damage it will do. By making sure the correct person within your business is easily contactable the less time it will take to get the problem fixed.

6. Make a contingency planPreparing for the worst will mean you are ready for any situation that comes your way. Make a detailed plan and ensure all your employees are aware of it. So that way no matter who is on site when a problem occurs they’ll know what to do.

7. Check you’re coveredCheck your insurance and make sure you fully understand what will be covered in the event of an incident, burst pipe or any other water damage. If you don’t pay for the insurance, check with the managing agent or landlord to see what you are covered for. Make sure you know where financial responsibility lies.

8. Check who you should contact in an emergencyMake sure you, and your teams, know who you should be contacting. Having the numbers ready will save you valuable time.

It’s also useful to the time to understand the difference between whether it’s the responsibility of your water wholesaler or retailer to help you in times of crisis. If you have a problem with your water supply or water quality your wholesaler will be able to help you. If you have a problem on your site such as a leak, your retailer will able to help you.

These tips may seem simple but with colder weather comes the potential for problems – finding your business flooded due to a frozen or burst pipe is never a good way to start the day!

My main advice would be to make sure you’re prepared and that if the worst does happen you have a plan in place and you can minimise your risk! For more water efficiency hints and tips for your business, just visit: https://www.water-plus.co.uk/our-services/large-businesses/advanced-services

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Government’s clean growth strategyGeoff Davies reviews the Government’s latest plan to cut carbon emissions.

Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark announced the Government’s strategy for cost effective clean growth, based on ‘cutting carbon emissions to combat climate change while driving economic growth’. The BEIS statement said that carbon emissions in the UK were down by 42 per cent since 1990, while the economy had grown by 67 per cent. Between 2015 and 2021, over £2.5 billion would be invested to support low carbon innovation, including £505 million from the BEIS’s Energy Innovation Programme which is directed at accelerating the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes.

Measures set out in the Strategy included: up to £10 million for innovations providing low-carbon heat in domestic and commercial buildings; up to £10 million for improving the energy efficiency of

existing buildings; an extra £14 million for the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, including a new sixth fund; up to £20 million in a carbon capture and utilisation demonstration programme; up to £20 million to demonstrate the viability of switching to low-carbon fuels for industry; and up to £20 million to support clean technology early-stage funding.

Declared commitments for business and industry efficiency included: to develop a package of measures to help businesses to improve their energy productivity by at least 20 per cent by 2030; to establish an Industrial Energy Efficiency scheme to help large companies install measures to cut their energy use and their bills; and to demonstrate ‘international leadership’ in carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) by collaborating with global partners and

investing up to £100 million in ‘leading edge’ CCUS and industrial innovation to drive down costs.

Some £3.6 billion of investment was planned to up-grade about a million homes through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), alongside home energy efficiency improvements from 2022 to 2028 backed by at least the current level of ECO funding. It was the Government’s wish to see all fuel-poor homes upgraded to Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2035 ‘where practical, cost effective and affordable’.

Relative to low carbon transport, the Government would end to the sale of all new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040. To support this change, it intended to spend £1 billion on supporting the take-up of ultra low emission vehicles, including helping customers to overcome the up-front cost of an electric car; it also aimed to develop ‘one of the best’ electric vehicle charging networks. The intention was to work with industry on the development of an ‘Automotive Sector Deal’ to accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles; also to invest around £841 million of public funds into innovation in low carbon transport technology and fuels.

To develop clean, affordable energy, the use of ‘unabated coal’ to produce electricity would be phased out by 2025. The Government would provide up to £500 million for further Contract for Difference auctions for less established technologies such as offshore wind, with the next one planned for spring 2019. It intended to work with industry to develop an ‘ambitious Sector Deal’ for offshore wind, and develop new nuclear power through Hinkley Point C.

On leaving the European Union, it aimed to design a ‘new system’ of future agricultural support to focus on delivering better environmental outcomes, including addressing climate change more directly and establishing a new network of forests in England. It would work towards its ambition for zero avoidable waste by 2050, and to this end it would publish a new Resources and Waste Strategy.

Finally, the Government would work with businesses and civil society to introduce a ‘Green Great Britain’ week to promote clean growth.

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STORAGE

A battery storage project developed by E.ON has become the first in Great Britain to provide Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) services to the grid.

Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) is National Grid’s superfast frequency response service where providers help balance the grid in under a second. This makes it an ideal option for battery storage.

E.ON were one of eight successful bids into the EFR auction run by National Grid in autumn 2016 that acquired 201 MW of Enhanced Frequency Response. Under the contract, E.ON will be providing EFR services to the grid for the next four years.

Pushing the button to begin operations at the new battery project at Blackburn Meadows it was an exciting moment for all the team at E.ON. They have been investing in battery storage systems around the world for a number of years and the EFR process offered the chance to deploy this emerging technology in a new way.

It’s fitting in a way that Blackburn Meadows has seen such a technological breakthrough having been a brownfield site when E.ON took it over. It had been home to a coal-fired plant from the early 1900s until its closure in the 1980s.

Now a ground-breaking battery project running alongside E.ON’s biomass plant that turns recycled waste wood into low-carbon electricity, it produces enough power for 40,000 homes. The facility also provides district heating to customers in the local area, including Sheffield Forgemasters and Sheffield Arena.

Battery firstE.ON see the battery technology as being at the forefront of keeping the nation’s electricity grid stable using battery storage.

The battery system works by discharging power to the network when frequency falls or withdrawing power if supply is greater than demand. The speed of response is the big step forward. All this happens in just a fraction of a second.

The battery is housed inside four 40-ft shipping containers. It’s made up of more than 1,000 lithium-ion batteries divided into racks. The battery holds the same amount of energy as 500,000 mobile phone batteries. It operates around the clock and is constantly making tiny adjustments that help to balance the grid.

One of the big pluses for E.ON was the ability to integrate the battery’s control system with its biomass power plant. It means that their operators can monitor both 24/7.

Journey to switch-onE.ON are delighted to be the first EFR project to go live. They’d already done a lot of detailed work to be ready to go. In fact, when the tender took place, they were only a couple of weeks away from signing contracts to start construction.

The process from design through to commissioning took about a year. One of the biggest challenges they faced was dealing with a technology that was new to all. It was important to build a good relationship with the Distribution Network Operator (DNO).

The DNO needed to be sure that planned operations wouldn’t have any negative effects on the local network and worked closely with their supplier Nidec to provide this reassurance. Nidec also carried out modelling work to understand how the project would integrate with the wider grid.

E.ON’s renewable goalsThe Blackburn Meadows project shows that battery solutions have enormous potential in the UK. It certainly fits with E.ON’s aims of helping their customers access new renewable solutions such as solar and storage technologies. There will undoubtedly be more opportunities for batteries as the technology matures.

As for the future, E.ON are taking a keen interest in National Grid’s System Needs and Product Strategy to see what opportunities lie ahead.

A challenge for National Grid is to make sure that frequency stays within strict limits, and Enhanced Frequency Response is just one product assisting the System Operator to do this.

National Grid is currently assessing the first storage providers to be awarded EFR tenders and therefore has no immediate plans to procure more. However, fast-responding frequency response will be a requirement that is included in the business’s simplified product offering.

By reviewing its balancing products and expanding the scope of these services, National Grid will help to level the playing field for all technologies. This should give those businesses investing in storage greater confidence that they’ll be able to compete equally with other technologies.

A road map for National Grids Product Simplification work was due to be delivered in December, and interested parties can keep up to date with its developments through Power Responsive. Visit www.powerresponsive.com to register for updates.

In the meantime, all at E.ON are proud of what’s been achieved at Blackburn Meadows.

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ENERGY

Key findings of the independent Helm review commissioned by the Government and published on the 25th October were: first, that the cost of energy was ‘significantly higher than it needs to be’ to meet the Climate Change Act target and to ensure security of supply; and second, that energy policy, regulation and market design were ‘not fit for the purposes’ of the emerging low-carbon energy market. Since late 2014, the prices of oil, gas and coal had fallen significantly, while the price of renewables had been coming down fast too, as had the costs of addressing intermittency. Yet households and industry had seen limited benefits, while for many customers, prices had gone up. The excessive costs (many of them locked in for a decade or more) were an unnecessary burden that also risked undermining decarbonisation. The task was to find ways of minimising the burden by making Government’s contracts and commitments ‘transparent, ring-fenced, and separated out from the market’.

The review said that the Government had ‘flirted with dangerously low capacity margins’ and that this had driven up prices as the more expensive marginal plant was drawn into the system to match demand. In the current decade, the Government had moved from market-determined investments to a situation where the state determined almost all new electricity investments through direct and often technology-specific contracts – in other words, ‘picking winners’ while, unfortunately, ‘losers were good at picking governments’. The result was a vulnerability to lobbying. As a consequence of electricity market reform, investment decision-making had become ‘quasi-nationalised’, and ‘the Government, not the customer, had become the client’. State-backed contracts had been supported by a

return to formal modelling and forecasting, but for the former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) the results had at times been ‘spectacularly bad’.

The review described the electricity system as facing ‘a series of major challenges over the next decade’. While needing to meet the carbon budgets, the system had to do so in the context of the major retirement of existing capacity, the requirements for investment in renewables, the coming of electric transport, and the wider demands of a digitalising economy. These challenges were ‘on a scale and magnitude not

witnessed since the reconstruction of the electricity industry immediately after the Second World War’. Its role as an ‘increasingly dominant’ form of energy meant that the energy sector was going through a ‘technological transformation’, with the structural breaks spanning the whole economy, the transport sector, and the generation, transmission, distribution, supply and demand for electricity.

It was important not to try to pick winners, but rather to focus on the framework within which the private sector brought new ideas, new technologies and new

products to the end-user. Avoiding detailed intervention was a key to keeping down the cost of energy. Meanwhile existing energy policy remained complex and expensive, and it was slowing down the transition to a decarbonised economy.

The review identified measures necessary to reducing costs, including: unification of the capacity and feed-in tariffs (FiTs) and contracts for differences (CfDs) auctions on a basis of ‘equivalent firm power’; gradual reforms of the structure of FiTs and CfDs in the transition to their eventual abolition; further enhancements to competition in

the wholesale and balancing markets; significant reforms of the regulation of transmission and distribution focused on the role of system operators at national and local levels; replacement of the specific licences for distribution, supply and decentralised generation with a general licence; a default supply tariff, with margins published; and a harmonisation of carbon prices and energy taxes. This package of measures was ‘a major shift from the original market design and regulation model at privatisation that would create a simpler, more competitive structure fit for the new purposes’.

Helm ‘cost of energy’ reviewGeoff Davies offers his views on what the recent Helm review really means.

The scale of the review is such that this summary should not be viewed as comprehensive. It focuses wholly on extracting key points directly from the review itself.)

Key findings were: first, that the cost of energy was ‘significantly higher than it needs to be’ to meet the Climate Change Act target and to ensure security of supply; and second, that energy policy, regulation and market design were ‘not fit for the purposes’ of the emerging low-carbon energy market.

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NEWS

Lancashire based LG Energy Group (LGE) has recently announced the acquisition of Liverpool based Guild Energy.

LGE Managing Director, Asif Rizvi believes “These are exiting times for both the LGE and Guild Energy. The acquisition of Guild Energy further enhances our customer offering as

the merger of SME with our current Industrial and Commercial products allows us to provide a more holistic approach to the market. The sharing of people, knowledge and systems across the companies will only strengthen the management and direction of both businesses”.

Co-founder of Guild Energy Paul Trepte is pleased to announce the acquisition of a controlling interest in Guild Energy by LGE. “There have been several key milestones in the ongoing development of the business. The first was the appointment of Karen Trepte whose vision and previous experience within the industry has helped us to achieve rapid growth and success. We have grown in less than two years from two people on day one to over 40 people across two office locations which we feel has been quite an achievement in this very competitive market. We continue to expand and are currently in another recruitment drive which will see us rise to 50 people by the end of the year. This has lead us to the point where we have become a valuable acquisition target for LGE. This latest milestone will allow the business to become a major force in this market and allow Guild to bring to the SME world some of the client propositions which the Industrial and Commercial customers have enjoyed for some time”, says Paul Trepte.

In the interim Karen Trepte remains as Managing Director of Guild Energy whilst Paul Trepte has now moved onto a Group role within the wider Rigby Organisation.

Following the news that the PRYSM Group has acquired RWM in partnership with CIWM, the organisers have confirmed they will move their entire environmental exhibition portfolio to co-locate with the show at the NEC and the dates have now been confirmed as the 12th & 13th September 2018.

The award-winning Flood Expo, The European Contamination Series (including Hazardous Waste Expo, Spill Response Expo and Land Remediation Expo) and Marine & Coastal Civil Engineering will move to sit next to a new look RWM, adding a further 8-9,000

environmental professionals visiting the NEC, around 400 more exhibitors and over 300 seminars. In addition the organisers are promising to invest in a lot more features to RWM. Event Director Nick Woore said “We know we have a huge amount of work to do over the next 9 months, but the team and I are working night and day on this and are extremely excited about delivering a world class event that the entire industry can be truly proud of. We are working on a huge amount of new content, features, summits and must see speakers to RWM to add new dimensions to the event.”

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