The Problem
Your energy contract expires.
Your exposure doesn't.
For energy-intensive businesses,
short-term procurement is no longer a strategy.
Energy has moved from a predictable overhead to a board-level risk. Prices can move quickly. Network and system costs continue to evolve. Demand for electricity is rising. The transition to a more electrified economy is putting even more pressure on infrastructure and long-term planning.
Yet many businesses are still asked to manage that risk by buying energy in short contracting cycles.
That means repeatedly handing one of your biggest operating costs back to the market.
The Reality for
UK Businesses
Energy prices surged up to 400%
#1 Global cost burden UK manufacturers face some of the highest costs globally
1 in 10 Operations halted Businesses halted operations due to energy costs
81% Expect more pain Expect prices to keep rising
The risk isn't just
paying too much.
Margin risk
An energy shock can erase savings made across the rest of the operation.
Planning risk
Uncertain future costs make long-term pricing, investment and expansion harder.
Competitiveness risk
Energy-intensive UK businesses compete against operations with different cost structures and energy strategies.
Carbon risk
Buying ‘green’ on paper is not the same as having a clear, traceable relationship with renewable generation.
Infrastructure risk
Electrification, growth and new loads can create constraints that a simple supply contract cannot solve.
A cheaper contract does not solve
a structural problem.
Traditional procurement focuses on the next contract. e2 focuses on the next 10–15 years and beyond.
If energy is material to your cost base, the question should not simply be, “What rate can I get this year?”
The better question is:
How much of our future energy
can we take control of?
That is the problem e2 is built to solve — by connecting demand to real renewable generation and managing the complexity required to make that energy work for the customer.
Why simply building solar
isn't enough
On-site or off-site generation can be extremely valuable, but generation alone rarely mirrors a business’s consumption.
Solar peaks in daylight. Wind moves with weather. Production shifts, shutdowns, weekends and seasonal demand all change your load.
Without shaping and balancing, you can still be left buying significant volumes from the market at exactly the times you hoped to avoid.
e2 designs around the whole demand profile — not just the easy percentage.
The old model
Supplier→contract→renewal→market exposure→repeat.
The e2 model
Demand→generation→funding→shaping→balancing→long-term energy security.
Energy is no longer
just something you buy.
For many businesses, it is infrastructure you need to strategically control.