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What are the benefits of community heating?

  • Connected properties enjoy a secure and reliable heat supply, with virtually unlimited hot water.
  • Not having a gas boiler in your home is safer and saves space. We take charge of maintain your HIU (the boiler’s replacement), so it means less maintenance for you.
  • Energetik’s price changes will be clear and only be once per year. No random price hikes at any time of the year, and no premium for low carbon heating.
  • Using a highly efficient energy centre to heat lots of properties is better for the environment than individual gas boilers. Homes that connect could reduce their carbon footprint for heating by up to 80%!.
  • The energy centres can be adapted to use the latest technologies to generate heat.
  • Each of our networks is designed so that they can be expanded, allowing more homes and businesses to benefit.
  • Because energetik is owned by the Council, we can concentrate on being better value. Any profits we make will be reinvested for local benefit.

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Customers needing extra help

We want to ensure that all of our customers receive the right service to meet their needs. If you have special requirements or a disability, we will do our best to help you. To make sure we can help, you should contact us so we can add your details to our Priority Services Register (PSR).

Some of the services we provide to our Priority Services Register customers:

  • We can arrange to manage your heating account through someone you trust. We can send letters and statements to them directly. And you can give us authority to speak to them on your behalf on the telephone.
  • We can set up a password that can be used for you to identify any person working for us.
  • If you’re visually or hearing impaired we can provide support to help you manage your account.
  • If you’re having problems paying for your heating, please let us know as soon as you can. We can put you in touch with advice and support agencies.
  • If you have a vulnerability which is made worse by lack of heat, we won’t disconnect your supply between October and May. But please note that if you run out of credit, this will mean you won’t have heating and hot water. We will provide you with a temporary heater if your heating system fails.

Contact us to add your details to the Priority Services Register

Just contact us, register your need and we’ll be able to help.

Energy Saving Help

There’s lots of resources and useful advice out there, to help you save energy, money and the planet. Here are some of our favourite sources.

Energy Saving Trust – get independent and impartial advice to help you

Government advice – check your eligibility for government grants and benefits

Citizens Advice – lots of useful resources, tools and advice on energy and your rights

If you are unhappy

Have we let you down?

We want to hear about it if you aren’t happy.

Just have a query?

If you’ve just got a query about your heat supply or the way we do things at energetik, you can call us, write to us, or email [email protected].

What if I need to make a complaint?

If you would like to make an official complaint about any aspect of our service, we will take it seriously. We will work hard to resolve the problem and capture your feedback so we can learn from it.

Please explain to us what the problem is so we can understand what’s gone wrong. You can call us on 0333 241 4551, write to us or email us at [email protected]. We’ll get back to you within 10 working days (hopefully sooner) and try to sort it out for you.

Download our Complaints Procedure for more information.