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18 May 2010 - When The Energy Consortium (TEC) takes to the road next month for its inaugural roadshows it will be joined on the conference platform by keynote speakers from Encraft, Eversheds and the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). Three conferences addressing ‘Supporting sustainability in education and the wider public sector’ are being held in Leeds, Bath and London. Matthew Rhodes of Encraft headlines each event and will address renewables generation and the feed-in tariff system. Cassie
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23 April 2010 - Birmingham, UK, 23 April, 2010 – The Energy Consortium (TEC) has won its first major tender in the public sector since being confirmed as a Pan Government public buying organisation (PBO). The tender, which it jointly presented with its service provider Utilyx, is to provide gas and electricity contracts for four of London’s top tourist attractions; the V&A Museum, the Science Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Museum of Childhood, as well as the National Railway Museum a
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14 April 2010 - Instead of holding one major conference, The Energy Consortium (TEC) has announced it’s taking to the road this June and hosting three roadshows at universities throughout the UK, focusing on ‘Supporting sustainability in education and the wider public sector’. The roadshows are targeted at energy procurers/managers in both higher and further education as well as the wider public sector. TEC’s decision to host regional roadshows was made after research conducted of its me
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25 March 2010 - The New Year started with a bang. Just as the market was getting complacent and singing the virtues of an oversupplied market and how low could the market go, along came the coldest winter snap in 30 years covering the UK in a blanket of snow and lifting NBP gas demand to record levels and prices up to 60p/th, levels not seen since February 2009, forcing National Grid to issue a gas balancing alert on four separate occasions. The GBA’s were a call to market to source more gas and for indus
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01 February 2010 - The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (previously known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) is a new, mandatory, energy saving and carbon emissions reduction scheme for the UK. CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Conference The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (previously known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) is a new, mandatory, energy saving and carbon emissions reduction scheme for the UK. The CRC starts in April 2010. If you qualify for CRC, you must register as a Participant or make an Information Disc
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30 January 2010 - On the 19th January, the draft CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010 was laid in the UK and Scottish Parliaments and in the National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly. It is subject to the approval of all four Administrations before it comes into force from April 2010. CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Stakeholder Update Dear Stakeholder, A number of new CRC documents are now available: Draft CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010 On the 19th January, the draft CRC Energy Efficiency
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10 November 2009 - With recent low prices, TEC has been busy making energy purchases for its flexible contracts as far out as the Winter season for 2011; as a result of this all members of TEC’s Flexible Gas Basket now know exactly what price they will paying for their gas in the academic period 2009/2010. As TEC also benchmarks an equivalent FPFT price at the beginning of each contract these institutes can effectively report to senior management the consequences of moving to a flexible contract as opposed t
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12 September 2009 - The Energy Consortium (TEC) appoints Rocket Creative marketing agency Not for profit purchasing body retains agency to improve its service delivery to HE, FE and the wider public sector. Birmingham, UK, 24 April, 2009 – The Energy Consortium (TEC), which, up until now has exclusively procured energy services for higher and further education establishments has just appointed East Midlands marketing agency, Rocket Creative, to rebrand and assist with the introduction of its new contracts acr
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01 September 2009 - Prominent speakers lined up for The Energy Consortium’s autumn conference and exhibition. Balancing individual choice with the power of collaborative purchasing headlines the event. Birmingham, UK, 26 August, 2009 – The Energy Consortium (TEC) will be joined on the conference platform this autumn by eminent speakers from bodies like the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the Association of University Directors of Estates (AUDE). The conference, which takes place on November 11 i
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12 August 2009 - The Energy Consortium (TEC) reports a groundswell in take-up by educational bodies of aggregated, flexible and risk managed procurement since the OGC actively started promoting it in June Birmingham, UK, 24 July, 2009 – The Energy Consortium (TEC) has just signed up five UK universities to its ‘Flex Energy Contracts’ and attributes winning the new business to not only the cost-saving message of flexible over fixed contracts finally getting through but also TEC’s recent re
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19 July 2009 - The Energy Consortium (TEC) powers up its national team Not for profit energy procurer increases its staffing levels to improve service delivery. Birmingham, UK, 30 July, 2009 – TEC has made three strategic appointments to strengthen its national representation as well as creating a new marketing post. Rejoining the not for profit organisation are David Thomas and Gary Ward, while the new face on board is Kathryn Baldock. Former contracts support officer (CSO) Sarah James has been made mar
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