FIXED
You currently have a fixed PE contract.
Find the Contract End Date.
Start reviewing the renewal before the contract expires.
PE Solutions Renewals
Got a renewal from PE Solutions?
Don't look at the unit rate and sign it.
Before renewing, check the contract dates, every applicable charge and what the new agreement is likely to cost using your actual consumption.
PE quotations can show fixed costs across different charge lines, so the figure labelled Standing Charge does not always tell you the complete story.
If you send us the PE renewal and a recent bill, we can check it properly.
I've received a PE renewal. What should I check?
Start with these eight things:
- 1.Contract start date
- 2.Contract end date
- 3.Unit rate or rates
- 4.Standing Charge
- 5.Any separate distribution, transmission, capacity or other applicable charges
- 6.Contract length
- 7.Your actual annual consumption
- 8.The estimated annual cost once all applicable charges are included
Do not compare the new quotation only with your existing unit rate.
And with PE, do not automatically treat the line labelled Standing Charge as the complete fixed daily cost.
Read the whole quotation.
When does my PE Solutions contract end?
Start with your latest PE bill.
PE's own bill guidance says the Customer Details section identifies your Contract Type and Contract End Date.
The Contract Type can show:
- Fixed
- Out of Contract
- Deemed
If the account is Fixed, check the Contract End Date.
That tells you when the current fixed agreement is due to finish.
If Contract End Date shows N/A, PE says this means the contract does not have an end date.
Do not guess when the contract finishes from the date of the latest bill.
And do not assume every meter at a multi-site business finishes on the same date.
OUT OF CONTRACT
Your previous fixed contract has ended and PE says you have not renewed.
Check the rates currently being charged immediately.
DEEMED
PE supplies the premises but you have not explicitly agreed a normal fixed contract.
This commonly occurs after moving into premises already supplied by PE.
What happens when my PE fixed contract ends?
Do not assume the old fixed rates simply continue.
PE's current bill guidance says an account shown as Out of Contract is one where the fixed contract has ended, the customer has not renewed and the account is on PE's variable Out of Contract Rate.
PE currently publishes Standard Out of Contract & Deemed Rates.
Those rates can change.
If your contract is approaching its end date, the sensible time to compare options is before the fixed period expires rather than after the first out-of-contract bill arrives.
See Current PE Out-of-Contract RatesWhy missing the PE contract end date can be expensive
PE currently publishes Standard Out of Contract & Deemed Rates effective from 1 March 2026.
Electricity:
150p/day standing charge
45p/kWh
Gas:
150p/day standing charge
15p/kWh
These rates are exclusive of VAT.
They are PE's published standard rates, not a quotation from TBER.
Check your individual account because other applicable charges can also exist.
Last checked by TBER: 31 August 2026
PE's official current rate informationWhat does 45p/kWh actually mean?
If an electricity meter uses 25,000 kWh a year:
25,000 kWh × 45p = £11,250
PE's published £1.50/day standing charge over 365 days is:
£547.50
Simple total:
£11,797.50
before VAT and any other applicable charges.
At 50,000 kWh:
50,000 kWh × 45p = £22,500
Plus £547.50 published standing charge:
£23,047.50
before VAT and other applicable charges.
These are illustrations using PE's published Standard Out of Contract & Deemed electricity rates effective 1 March 2026.
They are not quotations.
The PE standing charge can be easy to misread
This is something we specifically check when reviewing PE quotations for customers.
PE can present fixed costs across separate charge lines.
So if a PE renewal shows a figure labelled “Standing Charge”, do not automatically assume that figure represents the complete fixed daily cost of the quotation.
Depending on the supply and quotation, there may be separate distribution, transmission, capacity or other applicable charges elsewhere.
This matters when comparing PE with another supplier.
If another supplier shows one combined standing charge and PE presents parts of the fixed cost separately, comparing only the two lines labelled “Standing Charge” can give you the wrong impression.
Check every charge on the PE renewal
Work through the quotation line by line.
Look for:
What additional charge types does PE publish?
PE's current electricity information lists charge categories including:
Compare your current PE contract with the renewal
Put the current bill and new quotation next to each other.
Create a comparison using:
A cheaper unit rate does not always mean a cheaper renewal
Imagine your unit rate falls.
That looks good.
But what happened to the fixed charges?
And what happened to the other applicable charges?
For a high-usage business, the unit rate can dominate the calculation.
For a low-usage meter, fixed daily costs can have a much bigger effect.
That is why the same quotation can be attractive for one meter and poor value for another.
Use the actual consumption for that meter.
Do not compare quotations using an invented “average business”.
Low-usage PE meters need a different comparison
A small meter can use very little energy but still incur fixed charges every day.
Examples can include:
High-usage PE meters
As consumption increases, relatively small differences in the unit rate can become significant.
On 100,000 kWh a year:
A 1p/kWh difference is £1,000 a year.
A 2p/kWh difference is £2,000 a year.
A 3p/kWh difference is £3,000 a year.
That is before considering fixed and other applicable charges.
This is why the annual consumption matters.
What if my PE meter has day and night rates?
Do not compare a multi-rate meter using total annual consumption against one unit rate.
Find the consumption on each register.
For example:
Should I take a 1, 2 or 3 year PE contract?
There is no contract length that is automatically right for every business.
A longer contract gives you price certainty for longer.
A shorter contract gives you an earlier opportunity to review the market again.
But neither is automatically cheaper.
Compare:
Check which PE terms apply to your contract
Do not assume every PE contract has identical terms.
PE currently publishes different non-domestic terms depending on when the contract was signed, including separate terms for contracts signed after 31 March 2026.
That matters.
Before relying on a notice, termination or contract-rights statement, check the actual agreement and the terms applying to that contract.
The contract and applicable terms should be read together.
This is particularly important if you are considering ending a fixed agreement early rather than simply arranging a renewal for its normal end date.
Can I leave my PE fixed contract early?
Do not assume you can leave a fixed PE contract early without cost.
PE publishes a Termination Fee Schedule for fixed contracts.
The calculation can depend on the estimated consumption remaining over the fixed term and the applicable contract provisions.
If you want to leave before the Contract End Date:
Check you haven't already agreed a renewal
Before accepting another quotation, make sure somebody at the business has not already agreed a PE renewal.
This matters particularly where:
Someone called saying my PE contract is ending
Do not agree a contract just because somebody knows:
Your supplier
Your business name
Your address
Your contract end date
or your meter details.
That information alone does not prove the caller is PE or an authorised representative.
Ask who they work for.
Ask for the quotation in writing.
Check the business and contact details independently.
Never feel pressured to agree a business energy contract during the first phone call.
If you already have a PE renewal document, send it to us and we can help you understand what it says.
Should I renew with PE or change supplier?
There is no honest answer without seeing the numbers.
Sometimes PE will be competitive.
Sometimes another supplier will be cheaper.
Sometimes PE may suit the customer's circumstances better even if one headline rate is not the lowest.
We would look at:
What if other suppliers won't accept my business?
Price is not the only consideration.
In our current experience arranging PE contracts, PE can be particularly useful for some businesses that may struggle with the credit requirements of other suppliers.
We have recently been able to place new businesses and customers in sectors that can sometimes be more difficult to place elsewhere.
Supplier acceptance criteria can change.
We would therefore check the position for your business rather than promise that every application will be accepted.
I have several PE meters. Should I renew them together?
Not necessarily.
Start by listing every supply.
For each one record:
PE renewal quick comparison
If your PE quotation contains more than one applicable daily fixed charge, combine the relevant daily charges before entering the figure here.
- Current estimated annual cost
- £0.00
- New estimated annual cost
- £0.00
- Annual £ difference
- £0.00
- Annual percentage difference
- 0.00%
This is a simple comparison using the rates entered.
It does not automatically include separate capacity, reactive, pass-through or other charges.
Check the full PE quotation before relying on the result.
PE renewal checklist
Want us to check your PE renewal?
Send us:
The full PE renewal quotation
A recent PE bill
And, if you have it, your current PE contract
Do not crop the quotation down to the unit rate and standing charge.
We want the whole document.
That lets us check:
The dates
The unit rates
The fixed charges
Any separate network or capacity charges
The contract term
The meter
The annual consumption
And what the quotation is likely to cost.
Upload Your PE RenewalHow we check a PE renewal
We don't start by asking which supplier has the lowest unit rate.
First we work out what the PE renewal actually costs.
That means checking the complete quotation.
If PE has split the fixed costs across different charge lines, we include the relevant charges in the comparison.
Then we use the customer's consumption.
For a low-usage meter, the fixed costs might decide it.
For a high-usage meter, a small difference in the unit rate might be worth thousands of pounds.
For a multi-rate meter, we want the usage split.
Once we understand the PE renewal, we can compare it with available options from our panel of UK business energy suppliers.
If PE is the better option, we can say that.
The purpose of the comparison is to get the contract right, not to move the customer for the sake of moving them.
The Best Energy Rates Desk
Please send us the whole PE quote.
We know it is tempting to send me a screenshot showing the unit rate and standing charge, but with PE we particularly want to see the rest of the page.
PE can split charges across different lines.
That means a standing charge can look cheaper at first glance than the complete fixed cost actually is.
That doesn't automatically make the quote bad.
It just means we need to compare it properly.
We want the bill as well because the quote without the usage only tells me half the story.
If you use 3,000 kWh a year, we might care a lot about the fixed charges.
If you use 300,000 kWh, a small movement in the unit rate can be worth a lot more.
There is another reason I want the full document.
We want to know exactly what you are being asked to sign.
How long is it for?
When does it start?
When does it finish?
What charges apply?
If we can answer those questions, comparing the renewal becomes much easier.
The Best Energy Rates
Questions to ask before accepting your PE renewal
If anything on the quotation is unclear, ask:
- “What is the total fixed daily cost of this quotation?”
- “Are there any additional distribution or transmission fixed charges?”
- “Are there any capacity charges?”
- “Are there any charges shown separately from the standing charge and unit rate?”
- “How is each additional charge calculated?”
- “Can any of these charges change during the fixed term?”
- “What is the contract start date?”
- “What is the contract end date?”
- “What happens when this contract ends?”
- “What annual consumption has been used for the quote?”
- “What is the estimated annual cost using that consumption?”
Keep the answers with the quotation.
PE Solutions renewal questions
How do I find my PE Solutions contract end date?
Check your latest PE bill. PE's bill guidance says the Customer Details section shows the Contract Type and Contract End Date. If the account is Fixed, use the Contract End Date when planning the renewal.
What happens when my PE Solutions contract ends?
PE's current bill guidance says that where a fixed contract has ended and the customer has not renewed, the account is classed as Out of Contract and moves onto PE's variable Out of Contract Rate.
What are PE Solutions' current out-of-contract rates?
PE currently publishes Standard Out of Contract & Deemed Rates effective 1 March 2026 of 150p/day and 45p/kWh for electricity, and 150p/day and 15p/kWh for gas, exclusive of VAT. Check your individual account for all charges actually applying.
Should I accept my PE renewal?
Do not decide from one headline rate. Check the complete quotation, contract dates, annual consumption, unit rates, fixed charges, additional applicable charges and contract length. Then compare the estimated annual cost with the alternatives available to your business.
Why does the standing charge on my PE quote look low?
PE can present fixed costs across separate charge lines. The line labelled Standing Charge should therefore not automatically be treated as the complete fixed daily cost. Check for other applicable fixed, distribution, transmission or capacity-related charges.
Does every PE customer pay distribution and transmission charges separately?
No. Do not assume every PE charge category applies to every meter or contract. Check the individual quotation and establish which charges apply, how they are calculated and what they contribute to the annual cost.
How do I compare a PE renewal with another supplier?
Use the same annual consumption for both quotations and compare the complete cost structure. Include applicable unit rates, fixed daily charges and other relevant charges. Do not compare only the unit rate or the line labelled Standing Charge.
Can The Best Energy Rates check my PE renewal?
Yes. Send us the full PE renewal quotation and a recent bill. We can check the dates, rates, applicable charges, annual consumption and estimated cost before comparing available options from our supplier panel.
Can I leave my PE fixed contract early?
Do not assume a fixed PE contract can be ended early without cost. PE publishes a Termination Fee Schedule and different versions of its non-domestic terms can apply depending on when the agreement was signed. Check the actual contract and applicable terms first.
Are all PE contracts subject to the same terms?
No. PE currently publishes different non-domestic terms based on when the contract was signed, including separate terms for contracts signed after 31 March 2026. The contract and applicable terms should be checked together.
Should I take a longer PE contract?
There is no contract length that is automatically right for every business. Compare the actual rates, charges, annual cost, total contract cost and the value of longer-term price certainty before deciding.
What if my PE contract has already expired?
Check the latest bill immediately to confirm the Contract Type and rates being charged. If it shows Out of Contract, compare the current cost with fixed options rather than assuming the previous fixed rates still apply.
What if I have several PE meters?
List each supply separately with its MPAN or MPRN, Contract End Date, annual consumption and current rates. Do not assume all supplies finish at the same time or that the same contract is best for every meter.
Why does my annual consumption matter when comparing PE renewals?
The consumption determines how much weight the unit rate has in the annual cost. Fixed charges can be particularly important on low-usage meters, while small unit-rate differences can be worth thousands of pounds on high-usage supplies.
Does PE Solutions carry out credit checks?
Supplier acceptance criteria can change. In TBER's current experience arranging PE contracts, PE can be useful for some businesses that struggle with the credit requirements of other suppliers, including some new businesses and harder-to-place sectors. We would check the current position for the individual business rather than promise acceptance.
What should I send TBER to check my PE renewal?
Send the complete PE renewal quotation and a recent PE bill. If available, also send the current contract. Do not crop the quotation to show only the headline rates because other parts of the document can materially affect the comparison.
The Best Energy Rates is an independent business energy intermediary. We are not PE Solutions, Pozitive Energy or the Energy Ombudsman.
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