Empowering our clients to make the right choices
ICD values transparent, collaborative and sustainable client relationships
Our entirely integrated approach focusses on all aspects of Industrial & Commercial energy management – from procurement made effective through strategic risk-management, to energy audits and fulfilment of all your mandatory reporting obligations.
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What we do
Our solutions target cost mitigation, consumption management and carbon-emission reduction.
We empower our clients to make informed procurement decisions, and better manage the complexities of energy invoicing – where necessary, identifying and recovering supplier overcharge.
ICD’s senior management team have worked in the energy industry as far back as deregulation. We apply our collective experience to overseeing all aspects our clients’ energy needs.
Implementing successful strategies requires a cohesive approach – there’s little point in achieving comparative value through effective risk-management, if a proportionate effort is not being applied to control energy consumption.
The most direct route to cost mitigation is, of course, consumption reduction – be it through efficiencies or the development of on-site energy assets.
Let our team of procurement experts, risk-managers and certified engineers walk you through the process.
With you every step of the way
Our range of services
ICD is an extension of your in-house energy function.
Whether it’s tendering & procurement you need help with, or advice on ESOS or SECR fulfilment, we pride ourselves on a respectful, measured and consultative sales approach. No matter how speculative your query might be, we’re on hand to help.
Tendering & Procurement
Risk-Management
Compliance & Accreditation
Net Zero Advisory
Bureau & Client Services
Net Zero Advisory
Tendering & Procurement
Bureau & Client Services
Helping you to manage your energy
Our range of services
Tendering, Procurement & Risk-Management
- ICD innovates bespoke solutions tailored to your specific requirements.
- In addition to traditional "Fixed Price, Fixed Term" supply agreements, we deliver a range of Flexible contracts subject to initial risk-profiling.
- Invariably, a Flexible approach will achieve lower commodity costs and reduce exposure to supplier risk-premiums.
- Experience has taught us that market timing represents the single most important impact on the out-turned energy rate a consumer will pay. Non-energy charges (including fixed costs) make up 60% of the bill, with commodity costs accounting for the remaining 40%. Purchasing commodity at the right time for the right period of delivery can achieve significant cost mitigation when measured against the comparative "flat-line" of traditional "Fixed Price, Fixed Term" contracting.
- As energy markets increase in volatility, both timing and the length of contract terms is paramount. Choosing the "right" day out of 365 to secure your prices can be a risky business. We take a measured and responsible approach to trading our clients' energy to achieve an optimised outcome designed to beat the market over the lifetime of the supply agreement.
Market Intelligence
- ICD empowers clients to make informed decisions based on an understanding of market drivers and fundamental context.
- We provide regular and thorough analysis of the electricity and gas forward markets, as well as the wider energy complex including carbon, oil and coal.
- Other areas of focus include supply & demand, weather impacts, gas storage levels and import/export implications of LNG.
Compliance & Accreditation
- ICD help businesses avoid wasting precious time on repetitive legislative obligations.
- Our comprehensive compliance fulfilment covers everything from ESOS and SECR to EPCs and TM44 ACIs.
- Our end-to-end methodology means we collate all the required data whilst our time-served engineers conduct inspections and prepare the necessary reports and submissions.
Carbon Advisory & Net Zero
- ICD can oversee both mandatory Carbon obligations (UK-ETS) as well as project manage voluntary offsetting programmes.
- Over 75% of our clients are already on REGO-backed fully renewable supply agreements. If green contracts are not available for whatever reason, we can arrange to offset all brown energy via our carbon offsetting program.
Bureau & Client Services
- ICD are experts in bill validation, budget preparation, cost reduction tracking and forecasting.
- Our intuitive reporting shows your consumption patterns and volumes, allowing benchmarking and implementation of consumption reduction initiatives.
- Our analysts deliver timely resolution to disputed supplier invoices.
- We provide recommendations and initiatives to reduce costs and establish commercial advantages.
- We facilitate all communications with your suppliers, from disconnections or reconnections to meter upgrades.
What are our clients saying about us?
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ICD offers an entirely integrated approach to energy cost mitigation, consumption management, and carbon-emission reduction.
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Insight and key drivers
As well as our Daily Market Snapshot, we author regular summaries on price action and market drivers detailing supply/demand, long-term weather forecasts, renewable outputs, electricity generation fuel mix, maintenance outages, economic indicators, price forecasts, technical and fundamental analysis, gas flows, LNG arrivals and more.
Establishing a purchasing strategy whilst understanding, not just prices in the short term, but prices as far out as the market will allow, means not missing opportunities to secure value whilst limiting exposure.
Market timing counts for everything in volatile markets.
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Tendering
Fixed. Flexible. Dynamic.
Purchasing
Quantify. Plan. Track. Entry. Monitor.
Compliance
ESOS Phase 3. SECR. CCA Management. EPCs. TM44s.
