Energy and Utilities

Energy consultancy for suppliers, networks and utilities, led by people who have delivered it

Independent programme leadership for suppliers, networks and utilities. Kraken and billing migrations, market wide half hourly settlement readiness, energy ERP, and recovery of programmes that have drifted off track.

Independent and vendor neutral. No software or licences sold. Insured to £10m. A senior consultant replies within one business day.

£12bn
Largest programme led
19 yrs
In energy and utilities delivery
5
Countries, BP Pulse rollout delivered
£10m
Professional cover in place

Where we help

We work on the programmes that decide whether a utility hits its numbers: the platform migrations, the regulatory deadlines and the transformations that cannot slip. Senior people do the work, not a pyramid of juniors.

K

Kraken and billing migrations

Planning, assurance and recovery of Kraken and core billing migrations for suppliers and multi utilities, keeping the timeline and the budget honest.

M

MHHS and settlement readiness

Market wide half hourly settlement readiness, business change, data quality and migration planning against the industry milestones.

E

Energy ERP and systems

Independent selection and delivery oversight of ERP and operational systems for energy and utility businesses, with no vendor allegiance.

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Programme recovery

Coming in when a critical programme has drifted, rebuilding the plan, the governance and the confidence to deliver it.

Capabilities we bring

The disciplines every complex energy and utilities programme relies on, in one senior team.

Programme and project management

Plans, milestones and delivery that hold.

Change management

Bringing people and process with the system.

Business case and assurance

Green Book grade cases funders trust.

ERP functional and technical

Deep energy ERP and systems knowledge.

PMO and governance

Reporting and control leaders rely on.

Migration and cutover

Data ready, go live safe, no surprises.

How we deliver

A clear route from first conversation to a system that runs, with a decision point you control at every stage.

STAGE 01
Assess
Understand the goal, the constraints and the real state of the programme.
STAGE 02
Options
Appraise the routes honestly and agree the one that fits your business.
STAGE 03
Mobilise
Plan, governance, data readiness and the team set up to deliver.
STAGE 04
Deliver
Migration, cutover and change managed to time and budget.
STAGE 05
Assure and support
Stabilise, prove the benefits and hand over with confidence.
WHERE WE HAVE DELIVEREDProven where failure is not an option22m+Energy networksNational Grid separation,assets under management£249mUtilities and telecomsKraken programmes, including thefirst water migration onto Kraken£9bnGovernmentEnergy Bills Support Scheme,20m households£25mEV and infrastructuresaved on the BP Pulse globalEV charging rollout19 years systems delivery5 continentsSenior led, independent

Delivered, not theorised

BP Pulse, global EV transformation

Led a complex global electric vehicle charging transformation across five countries, delivered to time and budget.

Leep Utilities, Kraken migration

Brought in when the migration fell behind, recovered the timeline and delivered to the original budget for a regulated multi utility.

Ofgem, national energy scheme

Led compliance and enforcement delivery on a national government energy scheme, within public sector governance and assurance.

What clients say

“PEF Consulting Partners were great to work with. We brought Chris and his team in when our Kraken migration fell behind. The project recovered the timelines and delivered to the original budget. Would highly recommend.”

Louise Manfredi, CEO, Leep Utilities (Ancala)

“Chris delivered a significant global transformation programme for the key BP Pulse rollout. A highly complex programme with many moving parts but PEF created a sustainable scalable structure and executed to time and budget. Fantastic to work with and always positive.”

Jeff McQueen, Global VP, BP Pulse

Why work with PEF

We are an independent consultancy, not a software house and not a reseller. That means the advice you get is about what is right for your business, not what someone is trying to sell you.

Senior led

The people who win the work do the work. A director is on your programme for its duration, not a name on a proposal.

Vendor neutral

No licences sold, no platform to push. We select and oversee whatever is genuinely right for you.

Sector deep

Nineteen years across suppliers, networks and utilities, from settlement and Kraken to regulatory delivery for Ofgem.

Accountable

Fully insured to £10m, with clear governance and honest reporting from day one.

Public ownership

Great British Grid and the reform around it

Great British Grid changes the shape of the transmission market: a public partner on the other side of tendered projects, and a connections queue under pressure to move. If you are an operator or investor preparing a bid, or a public body shaping the company, our grid reform page sets out where we help.

Public ownership and grid reform Read the Great British Grid article

Common questions

Do you sell or resell any software?
No. We are independent and vendor neutral. We do not sell licences or platforms, so our advice on Kraken, ERP or any system is about what suits your business, not what earns us commission.
Can you help with MHHS and half hourly settlement?
Yes. We support readiness, business change, data quality and migration planning for market wide half hourly settlement against the industry milestones, so you are prepared rather than exposed.
What if our programme is already in trouble?
That is often when we are brought in. We assess honestly, rebuild the plan and governance, and give you a realistic route to deliver. The Leep Utilities Kraken recovery is a good example.
How do we start?
A short confidential conversation with a senior consultant, no cost and no obligation. Message us on WhatsApp or by email and we reply within one business day.
Are you an energy consultancy or an energy broker?
An energy consultancy, not a broker. Our energy consulting covers transformation, systems, regulation and settlement for suppliers, networks and water companies. We do not sell energy contracts or take commissions.

Have a programme that cannot slip?

Talk it through with a senior consultant who has delivered energy and utilities transformation at scale. Confidential, no obligation, a reply within one business day.