Professional Energy Purchasing (PEP) Launches New Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Assessments for Businesses

Professional Energy Purchasing (PEP) Launches New Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Assessments for Businesses

Any business that meets the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) qualification criteria has less than 9 months to complete the energy assessments, get them verified by an ESOS assessor, and submit them by the 5th of December 2023.

What are the criteria?

Your business qualifies if it has met one or both of the following criteria for two consecutive years on or before 31st December 2022:

• More than 250 employees in the UK
• A turnover exceeding £44.1m and a balance sheet exceeding £37.9m on 31st December 2022

What do the energy assessments involve?

The assessments are the energy audits of a company’s buildings, industrial processes and transport which identify cost-effective energy-saving plans.

To comply you must:

• Measure 12-month energy consumption for buildings, industrial processes and transport.
• Identify the significant areas of energy consumption which account for >95% of your total energy consumption.
• Conduct energy audits to find energy efficiency solutions for any high-consumption areas.
• Appoint a ‘Lead Energy Assessor’ to review your ESOS Assessment.
• Report your compliance to the Environment Agency portal by the 5th of December 2023.

What happens if you do nothing?

There are some hefty fines in place for companies that fail to follow the ESOS regulations:

• Failure to notify the Environment Agency of compliance – £5,000 plus £500 per working day you remain in breach.
• Failure to maintain satisfactory records – £5,000 plus a sum equivalent to compliance body costs.
• Failure to conduct a satisfactory energy audit – £50,000 – plus £500 per working day you remain in breach.

How can we help?

The team at Professional Energy Purchasing have a proven track record in helping businesses become more energy efficient and able to cut future costs, carbon and consumption through detailed site energy audits.

The new Energy Savings Opportunities Scheme (ESOS) assessments service, delivered by PEP’s in-house ESOS Lead Assessor, complements this by ensuring eligible businesses achieve compliance.

Professional Energy Purchasing is the Energy Partner for the Barnsley & Rotherham Chamber of Commerce and its members. For support with your ESOS assessments or any other business energy requirements contact your Chamber account manager or the team at PEP on 0114 327 2645 | [email protected]