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July 18, 2023
CUB are proud to share the news that we have become part of the Energy Consultants Association (ECA). As one of the first members to join you will now see our ECA Founding Member badge on correspondence from CUB. Louis Fairfax said the following…. “As a family owned energy consultancy CUB felt they were a […]
July 5, 2023
June 23 saw a degree of volatility return to the market as participants weigh up ever changing fundamentals with supply/demand as we appraoch Winter 23. Overall the month of June was a bullish one with Winter 23 gas starting the month at 105.42p/th but closing higher at 134.50p/th.
June 7, 2023
Our Reduction Reward scheme has been a massive success, with significant income earned for our customers as well as some important lessons learned. We have condensed some of the learnings into this FAQ factsheet.
June 7, 2023
The simplest way to explain flexible purchasing supply contracts is to look at how they differ from fixed-price contracts. The main difference is what happens with the wholesale element of an energy bill. If we look at the breakdown of an electricity bill (as of April 23), wholesale electricity makes up 60.16% of the bill.
May 22, 2023
The CUB Reduction Reward Scheme was launched in November 22. Read more about the success of the scheme over Winter, how we helped our customers to achieve income of £58k and helped to balance the National Grid.
January 10, 2023
The CUB Reduction Reward Scheme was set up utilising the National Grid ESO Demand Flexibility Service. It is a service designed to incentivise businesses to turn down power usage at peak times of demand on the grid to help balance the system in return for a financial reward.
September 22, 2022
As a charity that advocates climate change, CUB have been mindful of the charity’s ethos and have ensured that our energy contracts are sourced from renewable energy. The team were knowledgeable, friendly and professional and we were kept informed every step of the way. CUB offered various options and made suitable recommendations ensuring the decision making process was simple and straightforward.
August 21, 2022
Nigel Gear, Swann-Morton’s Finance Department Manager, describes the process: “CUB gets quotes from up to 20 suppliers and shows us details of the four or five best deals. They also advise us on which would best suit us, primarily in terms of cost, but also in relation to the length and nature of the contract. It just wouldn’t be feasible for us to do all of this in-house.”
March 22, 2022
Helena Dowsland, Head of Marketing and Business Development at Feature Radiators explains “They manage transfers to new suppliers, right down to the letter that goes to the old company; it’s really important to us because we have several properties with different suppliers. And if a supplier makes a billing error, CUB sorts that out too.”