Half hourly meters explained
If your business has a larger electricity supply, you are probably on a half hourly meter. It brings accurate billing but also charges worth understanding, and OptiFlow Watch reads the data for you.
A reading every thirty minutes
A half hourly meter records exactly how much electricity your site uses in every thirty minute period and sends those readings automatically to your supplier. Larger businesses, and many mid sized ones, are on them, and industry changes over recent years moved a lot of sites onto half hourly settlement. The upside is real. Billing is based on actual use rather than estimates, and the detailed data shows exactly when and how you draw power, which is the key to a better deal.
The flip side is that half hourly supplies come with more moving parts on the bill, including capacity charges and non energy costs, so the headline unit rate tells you less than it does on a smaller meter. OptiFlow Watch reads the half hourly data and the full delivered cost, so you are compared and priced on how you actually use energy.
What to know
Accurate billing
Readings every half hour mean no estimates, so you pay for what you actually use.
Rich data
Your usage pattern is visible, which is what lets a supplier price you well.
More charges
Capacity and non energy charges matter, so the unit rate alone is not the full story.
How OptiFlow Watch helps
We read the data
Watch uses your half hourly readings to understand your real demand, not just a headline figure.
We price the full cost
We factor in capacity and non energy charges, so the comparison reflects the true delivered cost.
We check your capacity
Where your agreed capacity is set too high, we flag it so you stop paying for headroom you never use.
Guaranteed saving
For a flat £49.99 a month, we guarantee a saving against your real bills or it is not worth your while.
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Get priced on how you really use energy
OptiFlow Watch reads your half hourly data and guarantees a saving, for £49.99 a month.