The national grid electricity transmission charges for Winter 2008/09 were published in May 2008, and typically account for 5% to 10% of delivered electricity costs.

Energy suppliers pay an annual charge to the National Grid for their energy transmission, calculated from their demand in each UK region at the time of highest national electrical demand. These peak times are known as Triads. Triads always occur between November and February, and are typically between 5.00pm and 6.00pm, because industrial demand coincides with the domestic tea-time peak.

The charges are passed on to customers by the suppliers, based on the customers' own demand at the time of the Triads.

Utility Masters often recommend that customers choose energy supply arrangmenets which allow these Triad charges to be passed through. This is so that customers can reduce overall costs by shedding load at times of peak national demand, reducing their own Triad charges. Some of our customers have already saved considerable amounts of money.

Utility Masters provides a Triad warning service, to assist with load management. This takes the form of a fax or email up to 8 hours before the Triad is predicted.

In Winter 2007/08 we sent out only 15 Triad warnings over the 4 month period, successfully predicting all three Triads across mainland UK.  This saved some our customers many thousands of pounds.

One additional benefit of load shedding is the identification of wider load management opportunities, saving overall energy costs for your business.

Contact us now to ask about our Triad Warnings Service.