Published date: 19 July 2017

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Awarded contract (published 8 November 2017, last edited 8 November 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Energy-efficiency consultancy services - 71314300

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

ESC1741

Published date

19 July 2017

Closing date

7 August 2017

Contract start date

11 August 2017

Contract end date

30 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

What pricing structure for energy would best facilitate the trilemma of secure, affordable, low carbon energy?

The price of electricity is a key factor in the adoption of many low carbon technologies such as Solar PV, electric vehicles or heat pumps. However, the vast majority of customers pay the same price per unit 24 hours a day, 365 days a year despite huge variations in the wholesale price of electricity and potential capacity limitations in the networks. Does this have the potential to distort our path to decarbonisation? Would a more cost-reflective approach to electricity pricing lead to different technologies being adopted and ultimately save money? The advent of the smart meter enables the adoption of more cost reflective tariffs and this project will explore:

• the cost base of electricity, gas and heat networks;
• what a cost reflective tariff for each would look like, and
• how it would alter the business case for adopting different low carbon technologies.

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About the buyer

Address

Cannon House
Birmingham
B4 6BS
England

Email

procurement@es.catapult.org.uk