Half hourly electricity meters are large commercial electricity supplies that have an average peak electricity demand greater than 100kW in any three months of the previous year. And it is very simple to check if you have a half hourly electricity meter, simply refer to your most recent copy bill and look for your meter reference number, if this begins with “00” then you have a half hourly electricity meter.

Most half hourly meters will have a communications link so that meters can be read remotely on a daily basis by your supplier.  This provides what is known as half hourly data, and half hourly data provides a good source of information for energy management.

We can provide our half hourly customers with free online access to their data and with over 150 free reports we can present this in a format that will help any business identify potential energy savings and help you to produce your company carbon reports.  Monitoring energy consumption is vitally important for businesses that want to cut their costs and environmental impact by saving energy.

Having your half hourly data won’t help you get the cheapest gas and electricity supplier, but it is used by the suppliers to help them determine how you use your energy.  To get the best gas and electricity prices we would always recommend using an energy broker such as Catalyst.  This can help your business do an effective gas and electricity comparison against your current charges. 

Although there are many half hourly electricity suppliers, there are only a limited number of companies that will be able to give to a complete overview of the market.

In summary half-hourly meters and half-hourly data is very common throughout the world, but it is particularly prevalent in the UK, where half-hourly metering is mandatory for all electricity customers with a maximum power demand (peak load) greater than 100 kW.  This means that UK buildings which, over any single half-hour period, draw an average power of 100 kW or more from the grid, will almost certainly have a half-hourly meter, and limited access to their half-hourly data through their electricity supplier. 

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