Technical and Commercial Assurance

With rapid technological change, evolving regulatory frameworks, and increasing investment in infrastructure and innovation, the GB energy sector demands robust technical and commercial assurance.

Technical and Commercial Assurance in the GB Energy Sector

Whether supporting new market entrants, de-risking investment or verifying operational compliance, independent assurance plays a critical role in building confidence, managing risk and supporting sound decision-making. Our consultants provide expert assurance services across a wide range of technical and commercial areas, underpinned by our deep industry knowledge and proven methodology.

Investment Due Diligence

Investors in energy infrastructure, supply or services must understand their investments’ technical, regulatory and commercial risks. Engage Consulting offers comprehensive due diligence services tailored to the GB energy market. Our reviews assess commercial viability, regulatory compliance, technology readiness, operational capability and market positioning providing a clear, evidence-based view of opportunities and risks. We support investment decisions across retail, generation, metering and energy services sectors.

Smart Metering Commercial Arrangements

Smart metering is a cornerstone of GB’s energy transformation, involving complex commercial relationships between suppliers, service providers and central bodies. Engage Consulting helps clients review, develop and optimise their smart metering commercial arrangements, including contracts with Meter Asset and Data Services Providers. We offer assurance that contractual terms, obligations and cost structures align with regulatory requirements and operational goals.

Smart Meter Compliance

Suppliers and agents need to comply with a wide array of obligations related to the smart meter rollout, operations and data management, including those set out in the Smart Energy Code (SEC) and licence conditions. Engage Consulting conducts independent compliance reviews that allow our clients to understand their risk positions and address gaps identified.

Assurance for non-Commodity Costs

Engage Consulting provides specialist advisory services to energy suppliers managing their non-commodity ‘third party’ costs. Our team delivers expert guidance to help clients understand and optimise these complex cost structures, ensuring financial planning, customer billing systems, and forecasting models remain robust, dependable, and aligned with regulatory requirements.

How We Can Help You?

Our technical and commercial assurance services help stakeholders to understand regulatory alignment, make informed decisions and build business resilience.

Engage Consulting combine their deep understanding of settlements processes with a consistent and open approach to stakeholder engagement which has allowed them to overcome the early challenges associated with a change in methodology.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Engage’s consultants for over six years on a large, complex, wide-ranging, technical and challenging project of critical importance to our members and government.

Engage Consulting has been instrumental in establishing the Alt HAN Co; ensuring the complex journey from inception to being an independently operational business, was delivered with professional and invaluable expertise and support.

The 105 number for customers to call in a power cut was a key project for the ENA to deliver on behalf of electricity network operators. Engage overcame the many multi-stakeholder challenges – enabling us to obtain a three-digit number from Ofcom.

We brought Engage in, as industry experts, to review our systems, processes and controls – and ensure that they would support our next phase of growth. The report they provided us with was clear and insightful – and enabled us to make real improvements across our business.

Engage analysed gigabytes of our portfolio data and identified customer accounts causing the imbalance. They also successfully identified the key causes, provided detailed recommendations and proposed a model settlements function to allow us to improve our processes and manage future imbalances.

Engage applied their detailed industry knowledge to develop a robust methodology for quantifying the impact of these adjustments, applied this to large volumes of our metered data, and produced a far more accurate determination of our losses.

Technical and Commercial Assurance