Simplify energy procurement across your entire property portfolio
Managing electricity and gas contracts across multiple locations can quickly become complicated. PLH Utilities helps multi-site businesses create a more coordinated approach to commercial energy procurement and compare appropriate options from a panel of 50+ suppliers.
What is multi-site energy procurement?
Multi-site energy procurement is the process of managing and purchasing electricity and gas for an organisation operating across multiple locations.
Individual sites may have different suppliers, contract end dates, meter arrangements, consumption profiles, billing structures and procurement histories. Without a coordinated approach, it can become difficult to see what you are buying, from whom, at what price and when each contract needs attention.
Is your energy portfolio becoming difficult to manage?
Multiple renewal dates
Contracts expiring at different times can create repeated procurement exercises throughout the year.
Different suppliers
Electricity and gas may be spread across several commercial energy providers.
Limited portfolio visibility
You may not have one clear view of contracts, consumption, costs and renewal dates.
Administrative burden
Multiple invoices, supplier communications and contract records can consume significant time.
New and closed sites
Growth, disposals and occupancy changes can make utility management more complex.
Different consumption profiles
Small offices, retail units and larger facilities can require different procurement considerations.
Our multi-site energy procurement process
We review your sites
We build a clearer picture of your locations, suppliers, meters and energy requirements.
We map your contracts
We identify contract end dates, existing arrangements and upcoming procurement requirements.
We assess options
We compare appropriate procurement options from our supplier panel.
We present a strategy
We explain your options and where a more coordinated approach may be possible.
You decide
The final procurement decision remains with your organisation.
Can you align energy contracts across multiple sites?
One common challenge for multi-site organisations is having contracts expire at different points throughout the year. Instead of one planned procurement exercise, your team may be repeatedly handling individual renewals.
Depending on your existing contractual arrangements and the options available from suppliers, it may be possible to explore ways of bringing future contract end dates into greater alignment.
Multi-site electricity procurement
Electricity portfolios can become particularly complex because each location may contain one or more meters with different consumption characteristics.
PLH Utilities can help businesses review multi-site electricity procurement requirements and consider appropriate commercial electricity contracts across the portfolio.
This can include organisations with multiple MPANs, half-hourly meters, non-half-hourly meters, different suppliers, varied consumption profiles and new site requirements.
Multi-site gas procurement
Businesses operating multiple locations may also have commercial gas contracts spread across different suppliers and renewal dates.
PLH Utilities can review your existing gas portfolio alongside your electricity requirements, helping provide a more complete picture of your organisation's energy position.
Energy procurement for growing businesses
Opening or closing locations can create new utility requirements around electricity supply, gas supply, metering, supplier contracts, change of tenancy, siteworks and future contract management.
PLH Utilities can support organisations as their property portfolios change, helping energy procurement remain part of the wider site-management process.
Energy procurement for property portfolios
For property companies, managing agents and organisations responsible for multiple commercial properties, energy procurement can involve additional complexity as responsibility for utilities changes between occupiers, vacant properties and tenants.
Having a clearer view of each property's energy position can make it easier to identify contracts requiring attention and plan future procurement.
Who can benefit from multi-site energy procurement?
Retail
Manage multiple shops, meters, suppliers and renewal dates within a more coordinated process.
Hospitality
Support hotels, restaurants, pubs and leisure businesses with electricity and gas requirements across locations.
Property & Facilities Management
Improve visibility of contracts, suppliers, meters and occupancy changes across a commercial portfolio.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Take a considered approach to procurement across sites with higher or varied energy consumption.
Offices & Professional Services
Coordinate energy requirements across regional and national office portfolios.
Care, Education & Multi-Site Organisations
Reduce the complexity of managing numerous buildings, contracts and supplier arrangements.
Fixed or flexible procurement for multi-site organisations?
Fixed-price procurement
A fixed-price approach can provide greater budget certainty, subject to the precise terms of the contract.
Flexible procurement
For qualifying organisations, flexible procurement may provide an alternative way of purchasing energy at different points rather than fixing the entire requirement at once.
The appropriate approach depends on factors including portfolio consumption, business size, budget requirements, appetite for risk, market conditions and operational requirements.
Green energy procurement across multiple sites
For organisations working towards sustainability or carbon-reduction objectives, procurement can provide an opportunity to review how electricity is sourced across the portfolio.
PLH Utilities can discuss available renewable and green electricity options as part of your wider procurement strategy.
Beyond procurement: ongoing utility management
Securing an energy contract is only one part of managing a large utility portfolio.
Multi-site organisations may also require support with bill validation, supplier queries, meter information, site changes, contract records, renewals, new connections and utility administration.
What information do we need?
You do not need a perfectly organised portfolio spreadsheet before speaking to us. Useful starting information can include:
- List of business locations
- Recent electricity and gas bills
- Current suppliers
- MPAN and MPRN information
- Contract end dates
- Annual consumption
- Annual expenditure
- Details of sites being opened or closed
If some of this information is not readily available, speak to PLH Utilities about what you do have.
Multi-Site Energy Procurement FAQs
What is multi-site energy procurement?
Multi-site energy procurement involves purchasing and managing commercial electricity and/or gas contracts across multiple business locations.
Can PLH Utilities manage multiple energy suppliers?
PLH Utilities can review a portfolio containing contracts with different suppliers and help establish the organisation's existing procurement position.
Can you help align contract end dates?
Depending on existing contracts and available supplier options, there may be opportunities to work towards greater alignment of future contract end dates. This needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Can you manage both electricity and gas?
Yes. PLH Utilities can review commercial electricity and gas requirements across a multi-site portfolio.
Can you help when we are opening new locations?
PLH Utilities can support businesses with utility requirements associated with new sites alongside ongoing procurement.
Can you support sites that are closing?
Utility arrangements should be considered when locations close or change occupancy. PLH Utilities can discuss the appropriate requirements for your circumstances.
Can you review an existing portfolio before we commit to anything?
Yes. A portfolio review can establish your current position before you decide what action, if any, you want to take.
Get your FREE Multi-Site Energy Review
If your organisation has multiple locations, suppliers, meters or contract renewal dates, PLH Utilities can help bring the information together and assess your procurement options.
We review your sites → map your contracts → assess appropriate procurement options → present a coordinated strategy → you decide whether to proceed.
50+ suppliers. Independent procurement support. Clear options. No obligation.