Control Costs and Build Resilience: Market, Costs and Clarity
Tuesday 21 April 2026 | IET London

As energy and water markets continue to shift, major users face rising complexity and growing pressure to stay in control. This conference brings together expert insight and real-world experience to cut through the noise and focus on what matters: how costs are changing and risk is moving, and what you can do about it.

Agenda

Session Two – Taking Control

From data readiness to operational control: protect visibility → optimise performance → build resilience (across energy and water).

11.50Introduction
Rafael Centeno, Group Energy Manager, Breedon Group plc
11.55Avoiding the fallout of MHHS: Taking control of Data quality and meter readiness.
Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS) migration is underway, and businesses must take control now to avoid the inevitable fallout from Suppliers who miss the new, strict data targets set by Elexon.
Joel Stark, Executive Chairman, Stark
12.10Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) in a Delivered Price World: what works for you and why
How relief eligibility affects PPA selection, and the key questions that protect total cost and keep contracted outcomes predictable.
Chris Rayner, Senior Business Development Manager, SSE Energy Solutions
12.25Every Hour Counts: The next era of renewable certification
Annual renewable energy accounting can mask the reality of when clean power is actually used. This presentation will be about hourly matching as the next frontier in credible climate action, and what it means for corporate energy strategies.
Tom Parsons, Commercial Director, Good Energy
12.40Resilience Beyond Energy: water risk, leakage and cost control
Run water with the same discipline as energy. Why water belongs in the same resilience conversation and the fast wins that cut waste, cost and disruption through metering, monitoring, alerts and reporting.
Oli Shelley, Director of Water Efficiency Services, Wave
12.55Engage, Query, and Learn:
An open forum for delegates to interact with the speakers, seek clarifications, and discuss challenges.
Questions led by the Chair