SSE SHAPING
A flexible contract with fixed shaping profile for cost control and budget certainty
With SSE Shaping, the cost of your energy usage profile shape is fixed for the duration of your contract. And with access to live market prices, you get more control and transparency of costs.
Why SSE Shaping?
- Budget with confidence – your energy usage profile is fixed for your whole contract period.
- Control costs – access to live market prices to take advantage of changing market conditions.
- Transparent trading – we can fix your non-baseload energy so you can trade baseload-only power, the most transparent product on the wholesale market.
How can a flexible plan help my business?
Our fully flexible plans allow you to buy underlying wholesale baseload power monthly, quarterly or in seasonal increments, reducing the risk of a single purchase.
That means you can manage risk and take control of buying patterns with the flexibility to reflect a change in strategy or performance.
Track and monitor the energy market and transact energy in near real time with SSE Foresight our online energy trading portal – free for flexible plan customers. Or get real-time quotes to the live market through our over-the-counter traders.
Is SSE Shaping right for my business?
If you’re looking for cost control and transparency, SSE Shaping may be for you. Our flexible plans are suitable for:
- Major retailers, big corporates, schools and universities, councils, government departments and data centres.
- Organisations with energy usage greater than 1MW tradeable or spending around £1m a year on energy.
- Customers looking for a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability.
Renewable electricity options
A range of options to suit your business on a flexible contract:
SSE Green Electricity
100% renewable electricity from our own UK wind farms and hydro plants.1
SSE Next Generation
Show your commitment to sustainability and your local community with 100% renewable electricity traced to one of our named UK wind farms.1
SSE Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA)
A simple way to buy the power you need direct from a wind farm, short or long term.1
Reduce costs and earn revenue
Are you able to change how and when you consume or generate energy? Do you have energy storage facilities?
If so, you could access valuable new revenue streams with SSE Virtual Power Plant (VPP). VPP knits together various distributed energy resources to maximise the value of your energy assets.
Whether you want to provide ancillary services to National Grid, reduce costs by avoiding TRIADs, or actively participate in the wholesale electricity markets, VPP unlocks the full potential of your energy flexibility.
- All our renewable electricity is sourced from wind and hydro assets wholly or partly owned by SSE Renewables, our sister company in the SSE Group. With SSE renewable electricity, you’ll continue to get your electricity through the national grid as normal, and we’ll match your consumption to REGOs from the SSE Group’s generating assets.