npower splits its business energy tariffs between small businesses and medium-large businesses.
Below we outline their most popular contracts and also provide prices and rates company profile and feature reviews of the company to help you determine if you’d like to choose them as a business energy supplier.
npower Small Business Electricity & Gas Tariffs
These plans are geared to businesses who spend less than £30,000 per year on their energy.
Small Business Fixed Tariff Energy Plans
- Fixed prices for up to 3 years
- No unexpected price rises
- Pick the best contract length for you
- Pay by Direct Debit or cash/cheque
- Save 5% surcharge by paying by Direct Debit
Small Business Variable Tariff Energy Plans
- Change suppliers with just 30 days notice
- No credit check or deposit needed
- If energy prices drop, your bills will go down
- Pay by Direct Debit or cash/cheque
- Save 5% surcharge by paying by Direct Debit
Out-of-contract rates:
- Business Electricity from 25.46 p/kwh + 57.79 p/day standing charge.
- Business Gas from 7.58 p/kwh + 129.00 p/day standing charge.
npower Business Solution Tariffs for Medium and Large Businesses
For businesses that spend more than £30,000 per year on their energy.
Fixed Tariffs
- Fixed: Commodity (Electricity + Gas): Commodity costs guaranteed, pay an ‘at cost’ rate for your non-commodity billing elements.
- Fixed: Choice (Electricity Only): Match your risk appetite – fix your selection of commodity and key non-commodity costs.
- Fixed: Certainty (Electricity + Gas): Energy costs guaranteed – all costs that are agreed as fixed in your contract will remain constant throughout your supply with us.
Flexible Energy Purchasing
- Direct Budget Management: For customers using greater than 6GWh per annum, it is a supported solution for managing energy on a flexible contract.
- Flexible Power: Manager For businesses using between 6 – 50GWh per annum.
- Flexible Power: Professional For businesses using more than 50GWh per annum.
- Flexible Gas: Innovate For businesses using more than 1000 therms of gas per day.
- Flexible Power: Innovate For businesses using more than 50GWh per annum.
Flex: Begin
- A simplified multiple fixed price contract
- A tailored flex contract
- A simplified structure that brings the benefits of flexible electricity transacting without the complexity
- A cost-effective route to accessing wholesale market-reflective prices
- Access your portfolio and market data online 24/7
Renewable Energy Tariffs
- Each megawatt-hour is evidenced by a Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificate
- Your electricity is matched with the same volume of renewable energy supplied to the grid
- Your electricity will never be matched with certificates generated after the month of your actual consumption
- Available for both fixed or flexible supply contracts
Company profile: RWE npower plc (trading as npower; formerly Innogy plc) is one of the UK’s big six energy suppliers. It is a subsidiary of German RWE and employs 11,500 people in the UK.
Npower operates several power stations across the UK including Staythorpe Power Station in Nottinghamshire, Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire, Great Yarmouth Power Station in Norfolk, Tilbury Power Station in Essex and Littlebrook Power Station in Kent, among others.
For business customers they offer both fixed and variable tariffs on both business electricity and gas. Beyond, being a supplier they also offer businesses services such as help with new connections, help with managing energy, and even help generating energy including Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
npower Business Energy Reviews
Positive:
“I can only speak from my personal experience, but overall I thought the support I received from Npower was very good.” – via Money Supermarket
“I generally find all power companies are useless, but actually I had a flawless experience with npower.” – via Trustpilot
“I have been very impressed by Npower, which is something I never would imagined I would say about a utility company!” – via Review Centre
Negative:
“Takes repeated contacts to get any response” – via Which?
“Hands down worst company I have ever dealt with” – via TrustPilot
“Worst of the worst” – via Review Centre
British Business Energy Meta Company Score: Based on ratings from Moneysupermarket, Which? And Trustpilot, npower Business gets an average review of 30/100.
– Posted on 8 January 2018