In short: We review every store against the whole market and keep it on the lowest energy rate, automatically. It’s $0 to join, we’re paid only from a share of the savings we find, and 10,000+ business locations already buy their energy this way. From a single shopfront to a national chain, including food retail.
Retail energy
Energy procurement for retail stores
We review every store against the whole market and keep it on the lowest energy rate, automatically.
$11.2M+
Saved across ANZ
10,000+
Business locations buying as one
$0
To join
The retail problem
Why do retail stores rarely buy energy well?
A store’s energy bill depends on where the store is and how it trades, not just how much it uses.
Lights and refrigeration, all day
Lighting runs for every trading hour, and in food retail the fridges, freezers and cool rooms run around the clock. When most of the usage falls in trading hours, the daytime rate matters more than the headline rate.
Stores in centres often buy from the centre
Many shopping centre tenancies sit behind an embedded network, where the centre on-sells electricity to its tenants instead of a retailer. The options for a centre store are not the same as for a store on the street.
Every store renews on a different date
Stores open, close and relocate at different times, so contracts end on different dates with different retailers. Stores roll off their contract rates one at a time, and nobody is watching when they do.
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The process
How does energy procurement work for a retail business?
Start with one store, or every store
See an estimate for one store in 60 seconds, or send us every store’s bills and we review them together.
We review every store against the whole market
Each store is benchmarked on its own tariff, distribution network and usage, then priced as part of a buying group of 10,000+ business locations. If a store sits behind an embedded network, we tell you.
You approve before anything changes
You see the saving for each store and the rate it will pay, already after our share. Nothing switches until you approve it.
We handle the switch, then keep watching
We manage the switch with the retailer. Nothing changes in store and supply isn’t interrupted. Then we keep reviewing prices and hold every renewal date, including when you open a new store.
One store or many
What does a single store get, and what does a chain get?
For a single store
$0 to join. We refuse retailer commissions. Our only income is a share of the savings we find you, and every rate we quote is already after our share.
Kept on the lowest rate. We review your prices every month, and if there’s anything cheaper we switch you. On small business plans in New Zealand: if no better rate is found in 12 months, you get $100 off your next bill, credited in NZD.
No calls to the retailer. We handle the switch and the paperwork with the retailer, so energy stays off your list.
For a chain of stores
One process for every store. Every store is reviewed, switched and watched the same way, whichever region or network it sits in.
New stores start on the right rate. A new store joins the process from the day it opens, instead of starting on whatever default rate the local retailer offers.
Every bill, site and contract in one place. The platform keeps every store’s energy data in one view, across retailers and embedded networks. First 50 bills free, and free when we run your procurement.
Run several stores? Book a portfolio review and we’ll look at every store at once.
Proof
Which retail chains already buy energy this way?
The Pharmacy Collective
Kept on the lowest gas and electricity prices automatically, with new store openings handled through Termina.
Bakers Delight
Tracks the running cost of ovens at every bakery from billing data, and models replacements across the network.
Guarantee
$100 off your next bill
On small business plans in New Zealand: if no better rate is found in 12 months, you get $100 off your next bill, credited in NZD.
Questions
What else do people ask about retail energy?
My store is in a shopping centre. Can you still help?
It depends on how the store is supplied. If it sits behind the centre’s embedded network, you buy from the centre rather than a retailer, and that meter usually can’t be moved. Send us a bill and we’ll tell you which it is. Either way, the platform can track what the store is charged.
Do you cover gas as well as electricity?
Yes. Gas is reviewed alongside electricity, which matters for bakeries and food retail running gas ovens and hot water.
Will the switch affect trading?
No. Nothing changes physically in store and there’s no interruption to supply. We handle the switch with the retailer.
What does it cost?
$0 to join. We refuse retailer commissions, and our only income is a share of the savings we find. Every rate we quote is already after our share, so the number you see is the number you get.
Can you tender all our stores together?
Stores owned by one legal entity go to market together as one portfolio. Stores held by separate companies each get their own pricing round and sign their own agreement, and every one of them buys with the leverage of 10,000+ business locations behind it.
What if you can’t find a saving for a store?
Then that store pays nothing, and it stays in the review cycle for when the market moves. On small business plans in New Zealand: if no better rate is found in 12 months, you get $100 off your next bill, credited in NZD.
What happens when we open a new store?
We set up the new store’s energy account, so it starts on a reviewed rate instead of the local retailer’s default offer.
What is Termina?
Termina is an Australian and New Zealand business energy procurement company and energy data platform. 10,000+ business locations buy their energy through Termina as one group, clients have saved $11.2M+ across ANZ, and it costs $0 to join.
Get started
We only win when you do
Start with one store’s bill, or bring us every store.