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Strategy

We do not start with rates. We start with your portfolio.

Strategy is the foundation under everything that follows. Before a single tender goes out or a single price is fixed, we map your organisation's entire energy portfolio: every site, contract, consumption profile and obligation. Only once that picture is sharp do we set the course together: how much risk suits you, what budget is realistic, and how procurement and decarbonisation reinforce each other. The result is not a recommendation on one sheet of paper, but a substantiated mandate with which we go to market on your behalf.

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Portfolio scan

One complete picture of your energy, across every entity and market.

You cannot build a strategy on data scattered across countries, buildings and suppliers. We get the facts straight first (consumption, contracts, capacities, invoices), so that every subsequent choice rests on a validated basis instead of on assumptions.

When relevant

With multiple sites or entities, after an acquisition or merger, when contracts are expiring, or simply when nobody has a single overview of what is consumed and paid for where.

What it delivers

One validated portfolio overview in PowerQ Connect, plus the immediate savings that surface from incorrect capacities, duplicate connections and invoicing errors.

How we do this

  • Inventory of every connection, site and EAN code

  • Consumption and contract analysis per entity

  • Invoice validation and a baseline measurement on historical data

  • Market benchmark against comparable portfolios

Risk profile

How much uncertainty your organisation can and will carry, translated into policy.

Energy prices move; the question is how much of that movement you want to feel in your results. Without an agreed risk profile, procurement decisions get made on instinct, and criticised afterwards. We fix the risk appetite before the market moves.

When relevant

When finance asks for budget certainty, after price spikes have hit hard, at a new procurement mandate, or when there is disagreement about fixed versus dynamic purchasing.

What it delivers

A documented procurement and risk strategy plus a clear mandate, so that decisions during procurement are made quickly and without debate.

How we do this

  • Risk appetite and budget requirements agreed with finance

  • Procurement strategy: collective/individual · fixed/dynamic · term

  • Risk strategy: spread, hedge ratio and click moments

  • Energy budget per site, with realistic ranges

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Curious how we could optimise your energy strategy?

Loek Hulsbergen Founder & Managing Director

45 minutes. No proposal. We look together at the portfolio you already have (invoices, contracts, site overview) and tell you what coordinated procurement under a single mandate would change about your rate, your risk profile and the evidence behind your reporting.

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ESG mapping

Decarbonisation and reporting as part of the strategy, not an afterthought.

Procurement choices and sustainability obligations run through one another: a contract partly determines your Scope 2 and your CSRD figures. Planning them together stops decarbonisation from coming adrift from budget and procurement, or having to be put right expensively after the fact.

When relevant

With a CSRD obligation or reporting deadlines approaching, with ESG targets set by the board or investors, and when you need to evidence green claims rather than promise them.

What it delivers

A decarbonisation route that is demonstrable, affordable and reportable, and that connects seamlessly to procurement in phase 02.

How we do this

  • Mapping of reporting obligations (CSRD, GRI, EU Taxonomy)

  • Scope 2 position: location-based and market-based

  • Decarbonisation roadmap: GOs, green contracts, PPAs, on-site generation

  • Link between ESG targets and the procurement strategy

Strategy

Frequently asked questions

With a fixed energy contract you agree a set price up front for a defined period. That gives clarity and budget certainty, but you usually do not share in the benefit if market prices fall later. Useful for organisations that want calm.

A variable energy contract moves with the market. The price can change periodically, for example monthly or quarterly. That can work in your favour when prices fall, but it also brings more uncertainty when the market rises.

There is no single best moment: it depends on market prices, your risk profile and the term of your current contract. We follow the market daily and advise per portfolio when fixing is sensible.

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02 Procurement