All business energy guides
Every in-depth guide on the site, grouped by topic.
Switching supplier
- Business energy comparison: how it works, what a quote contains and where it falls short
- How to switch business energy supplier: steps, timings and common snags
- Best business energy supplier: how to judge one for your business
- Business energy quotes: what you need before you ask
- When is the best time to switch business energy?
- Multi-site and large business energy: how it works
- How to exit a business energy contract early
- Dual fuel business energy: is one supplier for gas and electricity worth it?
- Business energy letter of authority (LoA): what it lets someone do
Prices, rates and charges
- Business electricity prices per kWh in the UK
- Is there a price cap on business energy?
- Average business energy rates by business size
- Business gas prices per kWh in the UK
- Business energy standing charges: what they are and what's typical
- Why is business energy so expensive?
- Business energy price forecast: what is driving prices and what to do
- No standing charge business energy tariffs: who they suit and the trade-off
- Average business energy bill: what small UK businesses typically pay
- Non-commodity charges on business energy bills explained
- How business energy prices are set, from wholesale market to your bill
Contracts and renewals
- Business energy contracts explained
- Fixed vs flexible business energy contracts
- What is a microbusiness for energy?
- Business energy contract renewal: what to do and when
- Rollover contracts for business energy
- Ofgem rules for business energy: what protects you
- Business energy contract terms to check before you sign
Brokers and commission
Bills and readings
- Business energy bill explained: how to read every line
- Estimated business energy bills: why they happen and how to stop them
- Business energy back billing: what the 12-month rule covers
- How to read and submit a business meter reading
- Paying business energy bills: payment methods and avoiding late fees
- Why is my business energy bill so high, and how do I dispute it?
- Business energy credit balance: how to claim a refund
Meters and meter numbers
- Half-hourly meters for business: who needs one and what it means
- Business smart meters: rollout, your rights and what changes
- MPAN and MPRN numbers: what they mean and where to find them
- MHHS: what market-wide half-hourly settlement means for your business
- Electricity profile classes explained: PC1 to PC8 and what yours means
- Business meter installation and replacement: who owns the meter and who pays
- Prepayment meters for business: availability and trade-offs
- Supply capacity, kVA and three-phase charges: what to know and how to cut them
Moving, new premises and deemed contracts
Business energy by sector
- Business vs domestic energy: which do you need?
- Restaurant business energy: what a café or takeaway pays
- Pub business energy: what drives the bill
- Office business energy: how small-office bills work
- Shop business energy: what retailers pay
- Hairdresser and salon business energy
- Farm business energy: electricity, tariffs and the farmhouse
- Charity business energy: reduced VAT and what to check
- Landlord business energy: void periods, resale and tenants
- Hotel business energy
- Care home business energy
- Factory and manufacturing energy
- Church and community building energy
- Gym business energy
- School business energy
- Healthcare practice business energy
Supplier guides
- British Gas Business: contact, switching and complaints
- UK business energy suppliers: who are they?
- EDF business energy: contact, switching and complaints
- E.ON Next Business: who it is, how to contact it and how to leave
- Octopus Energy for Business: what it offers and how to deal with it
- ScottishPower business energy: ownership, contact, bills and switching
- OVO and SSE business energy: how the two companies are related
- TotalEnergies Gas & Power: who it supplies, contact routes and complaints
- Opus Energy: ownership changes, who to contact and how to complain
- SmartestEnergy and SmartestEnergy Business: which one is your supplier?
- Yü Energy for business: the Ampower takeover and what it means for you
- Pozitive Energy: who it is, how to contact it and how to complain
- Crown Gas and Power: who it serves, complaints and switching
- Engie business energy: a neutral guide
- Drax business energy and Haven Power: what to know
- npower Business Solutions: a neutral guide
- Shell Energy business: a neutral guide
Green energy, solar and EV
- Green business energy tariffs: what 100% renewable really means
- Commercial solar panels for small businesses: costs, payback and the grid
- Smart Export Guarantee for business: selling your surplus power
- Workplace EV charging: the grant, costs and what it does to your energy bill
- REGO certificates explained: what they prove for your business
- Business battery storage: how it works and when it pays back
Saving energy
- How to save energy in a small business: where to start and what pays back
- Business energy audit: what it includes, who needs one and how to run one
- LED lighting for business: how much you save and how to work out payback
- Business heating efficiency: how to cut commercial heating costs
- Energy monitoring for business: how to track use, find waste and use smart controls
- Commercial EPC and MEES: what the rules mean for you
Government support and grants
Complaints, debt and supplier failure
- Business energy complaints and the Energy Ombudsman
- What happens if your business energy supplier goes bust?
- Struggling to pay your business energy bills? Your options
- Business energy disconnection and how to get reconnected
- Business energy credit checks: how they work and what bad credit means
- Business energy security deposits: why they are asked for and how to get them back