Sub-metering
Break down your energy consumption. Take control of costs.
What is sub-metering?
Sub-metering involves installing additional meters downstream of your main utility meter. It lets you monitor the energy use of specific areas, equipment, or individual tenants within a building.
By understanding exactly where and when energy is used, you can:
- Accurately apportion costs
- Identify opportunities to reduce consumption
- Support return on investment decisions
Our Industrial and Commercial Metering & Solutions team delivers sub-metering services across complex estates, commercial premises, and industrial sites.
Ready to see where your energy goes?
Talk to our metering experts to design a sub-metering solution that delivers clarity, control, and cost savings.
Call us on 0845 300 8122 and press option 2, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Email us at MOPSales@edfenergy.com
Benefits of sub-metering
Sub-metering gives you a clear view of where and how you use energy. It helps you cut waste, apportion costs fairly, and make smarter choices to improve performance and sustainability:
- Detailed consumption data: Gain granular insights across sites, floors, or equipment
- Accurate cost allocation: Bill tenants or departments fairly and avoid disputes
- Waste reduction: Identify and eliminate energy wastage
- Support investment cases: Use real data to guide upgrades and efficiency projects
- Proactive maintenance: Spot anomalies that indicate equipment issues
- Benchmarking: Compare sites or buildings to track performance
- Accurate billing: No more estimated readings
Who uses sub-metering and why?
Commercial Landlords
- Accurately bill tenants based on actual energy use
- Avoid blanket cost-sharing methods that can lead to disputes
Tenants
- Verify they are billed fairly
- Monitor and reduce their carbon footprint
- Assess capacity for future growth
On-site generation operators
- Install code-compliant meters for capacity market agreements when fiscal meters cannot be used
- Meter individual assets to the correct standard for relevant codes of practice
Commercial and industrial businesses
- Gain more detail than a supply meter can provide
- Understand when, where, and how energy is consumed to cut costs and emissions
Industrial and manufacturing sites
- Monitor power quality to protect machinery and reduce downtime
- Use predictive data to prevent issues before they impact production
C.A.T. Box – Customer Access Terminal
- As your meter operator, we can extract more detailed data from your meter
- Integrate with your own Building Management System
How EDF supports your sub-metering project
- Design and installation: Supply and fit MID-approved sub-meters to your specification
- Flexible survey options: Choose desktop surveys for simple installs or non-intrusive site visits for complex sites
- Integration: Feed data into your chosen platform or EDF’s online platform for analysis and reporting
- Ongoing maintenance: Keep meters compliant, connected, and performing over time
For a quote:
Call us on 0845 300 8122 and press option 2, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Email us at MOPSales@edfenergy.com