BES Utilities

BES Utilities
Private
Industry Utilities
Founded 2002 (Business Energy Solutions Ltd)
Headquarters Highbury Stadium,
Fleetwood Town Football Club,
Park Avenue,
Fleetwood, Lancashire,
FY7 6TX
United Kingdom
Key people
Andy Pilley
Michelle Davidson
Products Commercial Electricity
Commercial Gas
Telecom
Website www.besutilities.co.uk

BES Utilities is a UK-based, independently owned group of companies, comprising Business Energy Solution Ltd, BES Commercial Electricity Ltd and BES Telecom Ltd.[1] With offices based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, BES Utilities aim to provide commercial electricity and gas and business telecommunications to businesses across the United Kingdom.[2]

In October 2013, BES Utilities announced that BES Commercial Electricity would set a price freeze on its electricity tariffs until spring 2014 and in April 2014, it also announced that BES Commercial Gas would also freeze its tariffs until winter 2014. BES would extend the electricity price freeze until October 2014.[3] BES Commercial Electricity now supplies electricity to the Blackpool Illuminations and will continue to do so from 2014 until 2015, with the first year being free of charge and the second year being supplied at half-price.[4][5]

Establishment

Business Energy Solutions Ltd t/a BES Commercial Gas was established in 2002. BES Commercial Electricity Ltd t/a BES Commercial Electricity was founded in 2009 and BES Telecom was founded in 2013, all of whose registered offices are Parkside Stand, Fleetwood Town Football Club, Park Avenue, Fleetwood, Lancashire FY7 6TX. In 2013, the three companies were combined to form the BES Utilities group of companies.

Smart meters

BES Commercial Electricity provides their customers with smart meters, which record energy consumption and send data back for remote reporting.[6]

References

  1. "Visit the BES Utilities website". BES Utilities.
  2. "Growing firm set to create 40 new jobs". Blackpool Gazette. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. "BES freeze their prices". BES Commercial Electricity.
  4. "BES Commercial Electricity supplies the Blackpool Illuminations". Blackpool Council. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. "Blackpool Illuminations are powered by BES Commercial Electricity". Veooz. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. "G4S Utility Services gets Smart in Lancashire". 14 November 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.