Parish buying group

Church energy basket

As mentioned above, a church energy buying group will often use an energy basket. As well as just being with one supplier, contracts in an energy basket will be aligned to start at one point in the year (usually September).

However, commercial energy prices – which churches are charged – can change weekly (depending on the supplier). Most energy suppliers will update their prices every few weeks in this sector.

The chances of the best prices being available at a set time of year, are extremely unlikely.

At Perfect Clarity, we have spent a lot of time developing very helpful relationships with energy companies in this regard. We can confirm prices with our suppliers, at any point from 6 months prior to the end date of your church energy contract. Some suppliers will also let us confirm prices up to a year ahead or longer.

Other suppliers are very responsive to changes in market prices.

So we have a great deal of flexibility. We contact customers at the most opportune time, when prices go through a dip. This can save your churches a considerable sum, especially in the current climate, with prices being so volatile.

Energy baskets perhaps make it too easy for a buying group – they package it as a ‘church offer’ but in reality, it means they doing very little work. They don’t even check prices from any other energy suppliers. And this can be reflected in the energy prices they provide churches.

It’s your church. Simply compare our green prices with your church energy buying group.