We help customers meet the financial and environmental costs of their energy
Embrace the energy revolution – join as a new investor or improve the energy performance of your home or business with a BHESCo energy survey.
Earn attractive financial returns and use your money to develop community owned energy projects in Sussex
Reduce monthly energy bills and enhance warmth and comfort by improving the energy efficiency of your home
Meet financial, regulatory and stakeholder expectations when you install energy saving and renewable energy technologies
As a result of the challenges posed by Covid-19, Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-op (BHESCo) have closed our office and all staff are now working remotely from home.
Please note that in the interests of both our staff and our customers we will not be carrying out home energy surveys whilst restrictions on movement are in place.
We will continue to offer the following services via phone or email:
For assistance with any of the above please email info@bhesco.co.uk or call 01273 284472.
We are continuing our work on various renewable energy and energy saving projects and although site visits may be not be possible at the moment we welcome new enquiries to start engagement either remotely or as soon as restrictions are relaxed.
For these and any investment application enquiries please email info@bhesco.co.uk or call 01273 284471.
How are energy suppliers responding to the crisis?
Please see the information below for details on specific energy suppliers’ response regarding prepayment meter customers:
Have not yet committed to sending out top-up cards or keys loaded with credit.
If customers are in isolation and think they will use up the balance and emergency credit, they should contact British Gas who have said they will find a solution on a case-by-case basis.
Call 0333 202 9802
EDF says it can post top-up cards or keys loaded with credit to your home.
EDF has advised people who self-isolate to ask friends and family to help you top up. Where this is not possible, they say they can deliver ‘preloaded’ cards and keys if you need to self-isolate – this balance will then be collected back at a “suitable rate” later.
Call 0333 200 5100
E.on says it can post top-up cards or keys loaded with credit to your home or send an engineer to top up your meter.
They say if a customer’s electricity meter falls below 50p of emergency credit, or if they are off supply for gas, it can either send a card or key in the post, or it will send an engineer round to top up the meter. However, it advises to top up a little extra or asking a trusted person to help in order to prepare for self-isolation.
Call 0345 052 0000
Have not yet committed to sending out top-up cards or keys loaded with credit.
Npower has said it is taking steps to maintain essential services and support for customers. However, it says details are still being developed and urges anyone in self-isolation who is struggling to top up to get in contact with it as soon as possible.
Call 0800 073 3000
Published guidance on its website.
Scottish Power has advised people who need to self-isolate to ask a friend, neighbour or family member to top up for, and to add more credit to their meter than normal.
Call 0800 027 0072
Bulb says it can post top-up cards or keys loaded with credit to your home.
Bulb has advised people who self-isolate to ask friends and family to help them top up. Where this is not possible, it says customers can pay online and a preloaded card will be delivered.
Call 0300 303 0635
BHESCo are seeking community investment to complete several new low-carbon energy projects across Sussex.
All investors are eligible for 5% annual interest and have an equal say in how our co-operative is run.
Shared Ownership – all of our projects are financed through a community share offer where investors become part-owners of our co-op and have an equal say in our governance
Be part of a thriving community– join hundreds of other members who are uniting to build the sustainable future we all know we need, with profits shared fairly and decisions made equally
Earn attractive financial returns – shareholders receive 5% annual interest and have a direct say in how our business is run
Join as an individual or as an organisation – we welcome individual investors as well as clubs and businesses to become members of our co-operative
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Making energy efficiency improvements to your home is quick and easy with Warmer Sussex.
For a limited time only you can register your interest for a Whole Home Survey at the heavily discounted price of £75 (usually £150+)
We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Co-op Energy.
Co-op Energy is the UK’s largest independent co-operative, built on co-operative values. They are committed to fair pricing, honesty and simplicity.
Co-op Energy have recently launched the UK’s only Community Power tariff powered by 100% community-owned electricity. This tariff features community generated power from local suppliers all over the country generating green energy from wind, sunshine and water.
By switching to this tariff, you will be helping localise your energy supply as well as supporting BHESCo’s community energy initiatives.
Switching is easy. Simply click below to complete a comparison or to find out more.
BHESCo want to bring together our local community with one goal in mind – to help us put as much solar power as possible on local schools in Brighton and Hove.
We’re raising funds to install over 700 solar panels on five local schools which will save hundreds of thousands of pounds on bills as well as reducing planet warming carbon dioxide emissions by over six hundred tonnes.
Social Impact
770 solar panels
£170,972 savings
639 tonnes CO2 savings
Our Unique Business Model
All of BHESCo’s energy projects are financed through a community share offer paying investors a 5% return.
The upfront cost is repaid by the project customer over a number of years using a portion of the savings achieved from their monthly energy bill.
By meeting project costs in this way we are able to remove any financial obstacles that can prevent property owners from improving the energy performance of their buildings.
Community investors buy shares
Investments are used to develop clean energy projects
Project customer repays cost + interest using savings from energy bills
Interest is passed on to investors
Brighton & Hove produces hundreds of tonnes of food waste every day. Why not use it to create clean biogas for local properties?
There are an estimated 16,000 households in Brighton and Hove who are unable to adequately heat their homes over winter and who may be forced to choose between heating and eating.
BHESCo provides a number of free services to help keep residents of our city warm and healthy.
If you’ve worked with BHESCo to cut the cost of your energy and reduce your carbon footprint then we’d love you to leave a review. Whether we helped you install renewable energy or energy saving equipment, conducted an energy survey, or switched you to a cheaper tariff, we value all of our customers equally and would be delighted to hear your thoughts.
"BHESCo improves the quality of life for local families by reducing their energy use and encouraging the uptake of clean renewable energy"
"Our relationship with BHESCo helps lower our emissions and improve the atmosphere of our office buildings"
"I love this vision and would encourage everyone in Brighton & Hove to buy shares in BHESCo"
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