SSE Business Energy

SSE is part of the SSE Group, a FTSE 100 company and from 150 locations it manages the largest energy distribution network in the UK. The company is really passionate about customer service and have been working hard to simplify energy and get customers better value. It wants to save customers money and has developed a Customer Charter that goes above and beyond the standards demanded by the Regulator. It wants to treat customers fairly and so will be transparent in its dealing with customers, it will provide information that is accurate and written in plain English and that will allow you to make the right choice about your energy. If they do happen to get anything wrong they will put it right with minimum fuss.

The company sponsor The SSE Arena in Wembley and the SSE Hydro in Glasgow and they also offer a reward scheme – SSE Reward which allows customers to get priority tickets in advance to some of the UK's biggest live acts.  It also supports women’s football in Scotland from grassroots right up to the national team.

The company supplies around 500,000 electric and gas metering points and services a broad client base. It believes that every business if unique and therefore tries of offer a bespoke service that is individual to your business.

For SMEs and sole traders who may prefer price certainty a Fixed contract may be the best option to help you plan your business outgoings with more certainty.  With SSE Protect all prices are set for the duration of your contract or you may prefer SSE Choice where energy costs are fixed but energy market non-commodity costs apply.

For larger business, there are numerous contracts available including the Fixed SSE Protect and SSE Choice as above. However, you may also wish to consider SSE Variable which allows you to choose variable energy pricing without commitment, however, this is only available to those customers that have completed an initial contract term. SSE Fully Flexible allows you to buy energy in increments, at times that suit you ahead of or during the contract period and purchases can be made monthly, quarterly, seasonally or using a combination of all three.

For those businesses want 100% clean electricity options include SSE Green a 100% REGO backed renewable energy option. REGO+ which is, again, 100% REGO backed and the renewable energy is matched to specific generation assets for enhanced reporting. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) which can be integrated with supply contract and feature the direct output from specific SSE generation assets with associated REGOs.

As a large company, SSE offers energy optimatisation has the technology to monitor and control energy in great detail – spot usage patterns and therefore halt any issues. Your business could also go on to a Building Energy Management system, a platform that can actually identify and fix most issues online to ensure your business is run safely and comfortably. Regardless of the scale of your business SSE will carry out an energy audit to see where it can make recommendations for your business.

Utility Bidder like working with SSE because:

• It has lots of advanced tech that can prove invaluable to large businesses
• It offers numerous contract options
• It is making a real effort to be customer focused