Managing, Monitoring and Mitigating Risk

Price is not king when it comes to managing utilities and getting the best from your investment. Businesses typically overlook the strong relationship between purchasing prices, consumption and utilisation efficiency. Focusing on cost per unit without analysing the...

Don’t blame the market for hikes

Electricity price rises are coming from the regulated parts of the industry, writes Chris Hargreaves in the Sunday Star Times 31 August 2014. Rod Oram’s recent comments in the Sunday Star Times and on National Radio were critical of the current market prices for...

Schools work together to pay less for their power

Schools pay less for power by going to the market in bulk tenders which attract contract offers from multiple power suppliers.  In the first six months of this year, Total Utilities has helped a group of seventeen schools save more than $350,000 on their renegotiated...

Major change in Network Charges for Auckland

Vector and United Networks are shifting away from a volume-based pricing methodology in favour of a peak demand weighted tariff structure. From April 1st, large customers in Central and South Auckland will see little advantage in seasonal Summer Day prices as these...

New NZ/Australian Energy Alliance forged

Total Utilities Management Group, New Zealand’s leading independent utilities procurement and energy management company has entered into an alliance with Australian company EnergyAdvice to deliver Trans-Tasman energy management, procurement and energy efficiency...