Our Key Objectives• A free service to Members

• Help members reduce their running costs through buying together

• Help members reduce their Energy Consumption

• Share best practice

• Provide an advisory service for members on Energy Efficiency and Energy Generation with access to the best technology in the market place.

The Energy Hierarchy

Three key issues:-

• 1. The cost of supply

• 2. Generating Negawatts

• 3. Generating Kilowatts

Energy – Long Term Trends

The State of the Network

• Some Trusts unaware that Charities are excluded from the Climate Change Levy and pay VAT at 5% and not 20%

• Some Trusts are on deemed rates

• Some Trusts have been rolled into new contracts

• Some Trusts are extremely well managed and utilise a broker service, have had an energy audit, installed energy saving devices and installed renewable energy equipment.

How much is too much? (electricity)

How to purchase energy

Typicalsavingsof 10%

Expectedfurthersavingsof 10%to 15%

1. Renew with your current supplier

2. Use a consultant or broker

3. Join the Energy Basket

ACTION on

ENERGY

GROUP BUYING

RECYCLE REVENUE

MONITOR & METER

ENERGY REDUCTION

Ideally all savings

recycled and used to fund future energy

saving initiatives

A wide range of gas, electricity, and water devices will help your organisation reduce its energy demand

The Process

• Provide a letter of authority, and energy supply information

• Get competitive quotes which co-terminate on September 30th 2013 or 2014

• Synchronised contract end dates

• The Reverse Auction will happen in early June

• Quotes will be valid for a period of 48 hours

• Individual organisations will be asked to sign contracts within this period

• We will be recommending locking in at least a minimum two year contract

Energy Efficient Technologies• Gas, oil or LPG Boiler Management Systems

• Voltage Optimisers

• Replace bulbs with LED Systems

• Water Saving Devices

• Install zone controls for heating

• Install smart meters

Energy Generating Technology• Wood Pellet Boilers• Solar Thermal and Thermal Dynamic Systems• Solar PV• Wind and Water Turbines

To Join the Energy Action Group or for more information please contact:-

Ken Shaw

E: kenshaw@dtawales.org.ukMob: 07771903270

£100 million wrapped up for charities in energy VAT clauseA third of the UK's 180,000 Registered Charities are paying too much for their energy, unaware that they qualify for a reduced VAT rate of 5% and could be in line for rebates worth £100 million.According to the business price comparison service - 'Make It Cheaper' - charities will have made a collective VAT overpayment of £22.6 million on their electricity bills alone in 2010, plus a further £8.5 million on Climate Change Levy (CCL) payments from which they are also exempt2.Charities that have been overpaying VAT and CCL can claim a rebate of up to three years -see our energy guide for charities for more information. The Regal Community Theatre in Bathgate near Edinburgh, for example, recently received £11,000 after writing to its supplier to point out it had been paying the incorrect rates for gas and electricity. Gillian Robertson, financial administrator at the threate, commented: