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Energy Procurement Solutions

Are you ready to make the most of the changing dynamics of the energy sector? Our energy sector group advises institutional and private owners, occupiers, and developers on the energy challenges across their real estate assets.

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Energy Procurement Solutions That Drive Cost Efficiency

We deliver independent, strategic energy procurement solutions that secure competitive retail rates across your Singapore portfolio. Our approach combines deep market intelligence, robust tender processes, and renewable energy advisory to control operational costs and achieve sustainability goals.

Singapore's deregulated electricity market presents both risk and opportunity. Our method addresses these dynamics by leveraging our expertise and local knowledge to navigate price volatility and evolving regulations, ensuring your energy strategy delivers optimal pricing and long-term value.

DELIVERING RESULTS

5,548 meters
Active Metering Points Managed
23 and growing
Years of Market Experience
1.76 TWh annually
Annual Energy Procurement Volume
S$38.11+ mil annually
Client Cost Savings Delivered

What Sets Us Apart

Independent Market Position

We maintain complete independence from electricity retailers, ensuring our recommendations are unbiased. Our tender processes leverage relationships with credible suppliers to secure competitive quotes and favourable contract terms, free from any conflicts of interest.

Proprietary Power Retail Modelling

Our in-house power retail models assess cost impacts across multiple contract structures, matching energy plans to your risk profile. This quantitative approach transforms procurement into strategic decision-making aligned with your financial objectives.

Real-Time Market Intelligence

We provide ongoing monitoring of wholesale price trends, regulatory updates, and market sentiment. This enables timely lock-in decisions that capitalise on favourable pricing windows in Singapore’s dynamic electricity market.

End-to-End Service Integration

We manage the entire procurement lifecycle, from strategy to execution and performance monitoring. Our cloud-based Energise platform integrates metering data, billing, and analytics, delivering transparency and control across your portfolio.

Our Approach

Our Approach

Energy Market Intelligence


We are powered by a team of seasoned energy professionals with over two decades of industry experience in utilities management and electricity procurement. Our expertise enables us to distill a comprehensive view of the power market from multiple streams of information, such as – wholesale market trends, forward price indicators, and regulatory developments. Our analysis is augmented by our intelligence networks, which informs your procurement timing decisions and clarifies the factors driving retail pricing in a competitive market.

Billing & Analytics Platform


Our cloud-based metering and billing platform offers current visibility into energy expenditure, identifies anomalies, and benchmarks performance. This intelligence supports budget planning, tenant billing management, and strategic portfolio decisions by integrating consumption data with various metrics.

Global Oil Market Monitoring


We monitor global energy commodity trends that influence Singapore's electricity costs. Our service includes fair value assessments and strategic recommendations on contract timing, enabling you to secure favourable rates during market fluctuations.

Services

Our Services

Smart Metering & Utilities Management


For precise tenant billing and expense accounting, our cloud-based platform offers smart metering, insightful reporting, and billing management. We provide 24/7 support and arrears management for retail, commercial, industrial, and mixed-use properties, ensuring you have accurate consumption data.

Strategic Electricity Procurement


We manage structured electricity tenders to secure competitive rates and favourable terms. Backed by market intelligence, we support rate lock-in decisions with precision, reducing energy expenses, enabling cost avoidance, and enhancing decision-making with data-driven insights.

Renewable Energy & Solar Advisory


Achieve your sustainability targets with our support for onsite solar deployment, REC management, and PPA advisory. We provide independent solar consultancy and oversee projects from specification to completion, ensuring compliance with Singapore's mandates and your ESG commitments.

Virtual Power Purchase Agreements


For scalable renewable commitments, our VPPA advisory guides contract negotiation and risk management. Achieve green targets and hedge against price volatility with 10–15 years of long-term price stability, demonstrating clear sustainability leadership.

Team

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Kathy Yap

Managing Director, EPC & Sustainability
Singapore, Singapore

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Strategic energy procurement extends beyond securing the lowest spot price. It involves a holistic evaluation of contract structure, price risk exposure, supplier creditworthiness, and alignment with long-term sustainability objectives. We analyse your specific load profile, risk tolerance, and operational needs to engineer contracts that deliver sustained value. Our comprehensive tender process assesses the total cost of ownership, accounting for contract flexibility, billing accuracy, and supplier service quality. Opting for the cheapest headline rate can often obscure unfavourable terms and hidden costs, ultimately eroding savings over the contract's duration.

In Singapore, wholesale electricity prices are predominantly influenced by the cost of natural gas, which follows global oil market trends with a time lag. Other significant drivers include regional LNG supply-demand dynamics, local power generation capacity, weather patterns impacting consumption, and prevailing carbon tax policies. Our team continuously monitors these variables, equipping clients with predictive intelligence to inform the timing and duration of procurement contracts. A thorough understanding of these market forces is critical to avoiding procurement during price peaks.

Singapore provides several pathways for renewable energy procurement. These include onsite solar generation, the purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from local solar projects, or entering into Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with regional suppliers. We evaluate the cost-effectiveness and credibility of each pathway against your specific sustainability commitments, ensuring that the procured renewable attributes comply with recognised standards for carbon accounting and ESG reporting. Our advisory services cover regulatory compliance and provide ongoing market intelligence on emerging green procurement opportunities.

The deployment of smart meters begins with a detailed technical audit of your existing infrastructure, load profiles, and communications networks. We oversee the supply and installation of revenue-grade meters that meet Singapore's regulatory standards and integrate the data into our cloud-based Energise platform. This integration delivers real-time consumption visibility, automates billing functions, and provides advanced analytics to identify energy efficiency opportunities. The investment in smart metering typically yields a strong ROI through improved billing accuracy, reduced operational costs, and greater transparency for tenants.

Our independence from all electricity retailers is fundamental to executing a genuinely competitive tender process. We leverage our extensive network of supplier relationships to secure broad market participation, while our market intelligence enables us to benchmark all proposals against current wholesale price trends. Using sophisticated financial models, we quantify the total value of different contract structures, facilitating a true "apples-to-apples" comparison that looks beyond headline rates. We negotiate robust contract terms that safeguard your interests and maintain full transparency throughout the evaluation.

Yes, VPPAs are a sophisticated financial mechanism for procuring renewable energy from projects located outside of Singapore. Our advisory services include comprehensive due diligence on project viability, negotiation of critical contract terms such as price floors and caps, and strategic guidance on managing price risk. We align renewable generation profiles with your consumption patterns, develop contingency plans for underperformance, and ensure contractual flexibility to accommodate your evolving energy requirements. VPPAs demand meticulous structuring, and our expertise is crucial for mitigating execution risk while enabling credible, large-scale renewable energy procurement.

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