Electricity pricing is heavily influenced by the cost of the fossil fuels that are still predominantly utilised in generating electricity. The underlying trend is clearly driving prices upwards and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Against this longer term trend of increasing prices, there is also great market volatility due to short term price influences. Oil prices have been on a rollercoaster ride during the recent past whilst gas prices to western Europe from Russia appear anything but stable.
The heavy consumption of commercial electricity by businesses means that there are very real opportunities to either realise cost benefits or at least control costs through effective sourcing of an electricity supplier. Being able to fix pricing for a long term deal such as for five years will enable your business to control a substantial entry on the cash flow.
Online Energy specialises in securing competitive pricing and long term deals that will enable your business to realise some stability for its commercial electricity pricing.
At Online Energy, we utilise our specialist expertise and in depth market knowledge to ensure that we can secure pricing that is amongst the best in the market and that long term deals are binding so that in the event of a significant increase in price, you are assured stability.
The commercial electricity markets are influenced by many varied factors such as oil and gas prices that have proven alarmingly unpredictable in recent times. To have any hope of negotiating the best possible pricing in such a climate requires truly specialist knowledge, and that is exactly what Online Energy can offer to your business.

Utilities such as gas and electricity have seen substantial increases in cost prices in recent times. These price increases have affected all users, both domestic and commercial. Due to the volumes of gas used in the commercial sector, this group of users has seen some truly astronomical increases in costs.
Deregulation of the UK energy markets was intended to ensure that free market principles would take hold of the utilities markets and consumers would be able to source utilities at a competitive price. In reality, this competition has never been fully realised in the commercial gas markets. With British Gas still having around 50% of the market and many of the competitors merging, the truly free market principles have never fully taken hold. As a result of this, commercial gas prices are at a high level.
Service comparison providers may be able to identify a better priced deal for a consumer but these services are limited to enabling an informed choice to be made rather than opening the door to negotiating a bespoke deal.
In order to realise a service offering that gives your company some price security for a potentially long term fixed period or a better price than is readily available, Online Energy is able to negotiate successfully with gas suppliers to ensure that the best possible deals are made available to your business. Online Energy will provide a quote for services that can offer more competitive pricing or the possible security of a better long term deal.
Utilising in depth market knowledge and a real understanding of what factors are truly influencing real costs of utilities, Online Energy can ensure that your company has every opportunity to identify a truly competitive service.

Part of any successful business is ensuring that you can obtain products and services for the lowest possible cost and not at the expense of service levels. When dealing with the main service providers in your relevant field, the person agreeing prices will most likely have great in depth knowledge of what they are buying and the true worth of the product or service to your business.
For any business, two of the most substantial service costs is likely to be commercial gas and commercial electricity. Whilst the domestic user can easily establish the deal best suited to their own needs from those available, when dealing with the much larger associated expense attached to a substantial commercial property, it is much harder to fully understand the true cost and worth of such utilities. Therefore, negotiating definitely favours the utility company.
At Online Energy, we specialise in understanding the true worth of these utilities and negotiating otherwise difficult to obtain pricing for both commercial gas and electricity. This is a highly specialised field as commodities such as oil have fluctuated greatly in price from new highs to unexpected lows in late 2008. This volatility and also the numerous complex factors contribute to a lack of pricing transparency. It is this complexity that makes our services at Online Energy so valuable. We fully explore the dynamics that are driving price movements and ensure that your spending power achieves the best possible, long term pricing.
Potentially, long term pricing may be one of the greatest benefits afforded to your finance director who can put a fixed cost against a significant expense.