Energy Services at Stockholm Energi

Panel: Panel 1: Energy Efficiency policies, programmes and their links

Authors:
Brita Olerup, Royal Institute of Technology
Anders Lindén, Birka Teknik & Miljö AB

Abstract

In a deregulated market a utility has to diversify its products, e.g. offer energy services, so as to win competitive edge and certify sales volumes.

Stockholm Energi offers, presently, a portfolio of fourteen energy services to professional customers excepting the smallest ones. These energy services are qualitative supplements to the ordinary energy products such as electricity and district heating. Energy services are supplied within a wide range, e.g. energy audits, training programmes, and technical installations.

A contract with a large customer concerning energy deliveries often contains a certain quantity of energy services. Which energy services customers will receive are later settled in discussions with them. Experts at Stockholm Energi usually recommend modified operating procedures since these represent the most cost-effective measure for the customers.

Utilities in a deregulated market tend to offer energy services so as to diversify their supply and win competitive edge. Stockholm Energi, however, also has a history in energy conservation. It was the first Swedish utility to launch campaigns promoting an energy-efficient technology. Energy efficiency had at that time a value of its own but has now turned into an energy sales argument.