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The time-exhaust of the project
- Internal teams attempting this analysis usually take 4-6 months without reaching a defensible conclusion.
- The bottleneck is access to the right benchmark data and a methodology validated across multiple suppliers.
Your BRP business case, built on your own data
Let's build the financial case before you become your own BRP.
A four-week structured scan that quantifies exactly what in-house balance responsibility is worth to your business, so you invest with confidence.
The challenge
The decision to become a BRP deserves a proper financial foundation
Every growing energy supplier reaches the same inflection point: your third-party BRP delivers a service, but the cost is becoming material, and you have no clear view of whether you could do it better yourself.
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Imbalance costs stay a black box
Accepted rather than optimised. You see the invoice each month but you cannot unpack what is driving the number, which means you cannot act on it.
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The investment decision gets deferred indefinitely
Without a compelling case, the board conversation goes nowhere. Meanwhile, the cost of outsourcing compounds for another quarter, another year, another budget cycle.
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Interdepartmental debates lack a common factual basis
Finance, Portfolio, and Trading each carry a piece of the truth, but none of them owns the full picture. Without a shared simulation, the conversation stays opinion-driven.
Who this is for
FOR TEAMS WHERE IMBALANCE COSTS BECAME A BOARD TOPIC
Integrated retail energy suppliers
with growing volume in the Netherlands
Commercial directors
who see imbalance costs eating into the margin numbers they present to the board
CFOs and finance directors
carrying accountability for imbalance costs and overall margin
Heads of portfolio management
who suspect their team could deliver more than the current third-party setup allows
Heads of trading and sourcing
exposed to settlement discrepancies and imbalance risk
Leadership teams
where at least one function has already flagged imbalance costs as a structural margin issue
How it works
A five-step delivery approach to your own BRP license
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Week 1: intake and scoping
Align on scope, confirm data access, map stakeholders, and surface known pain points. Closes with a signed-off project brief and a confirmed data access plan.
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Weeks 1-2: data simulation
Reconstruct your 12-month imbalance position using your portfolio data and Eneve's forecasting models. The simulation runs on the same data, the same market, and the same period, so the comparison is apples to apples.
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Weeks 2-3: cost benchmarking
Compare simulated in-house costs against actual BRP charges. Quantify the delta, surface its drivers, and identify where the biggest opportunities sit.
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Weeks 3-4: scenario modelling and case build
Stress-test the assumptions and build the structured business case. Conservative, base, and optimistic views, with the math behind each.
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Week 4: presentation and handover
Present findings to your decision makers, walk through the business case end to end, and outline the path to BRP licensing and enablement if you choose to proceed.
Three inputs, one intake call
Three inputs collected during the intake call. Data quality issues become findings within the scan instead of blockers to starting, so do not hold back the kick-off if your data is imperfect:
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Historical metered volumes: EAN-level metered or allocated data from your grid operator or BRP (24 months, structured export)
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Existing BRP invoices and settlement statements: actual costs charged by your current BRP, including imbalance settlement (matching 12-month period)
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Portfolio overview: customer count, segments, product types, contract structure (current plus 12-month history)
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
That is the most common starting point. Most suppliers we engage sit between suspecting it might be worth it and feeling they should probably do it. The scan is designed for exactly that moment, to convert a hypothesis into a decision-grade case.
To estimate annual imbalance costs, forecast volumes must be compared against actual allocated volumes over a full year. Generating those forecasts requires a preceding year of historical data to train the forecasting model and capture seasonal patterns. A minimum of 24 months of data is therefore required: 12 months for model training and 12 months for performance evaluation.
No, having internal forecasting capabilities isn't a prerequisite. Eneve's models drive the simulation either way, so a lack of in-house forecasting won't hold up the scan. In fact, it becomes part of the picture: the scan surfaces what your forecasts would look like and how accurate they'd be, turning a capability gap into a concrete finding rather than a blocker.
Accurate enough to build a board-ready business case. The simulation uses your actual portfolio data and Eneve's forecasting models, which are validated across multiple suppliers in the same market. We report confidence intervals and the assumptions behind each scenario, so the case is defensible under scrutiny.
Directly. The business case feeds the licensing engagement: the operational delta becomes the target outcome, the capability-gap assessment becomes the enablement plan, and the scenario assumptions become the success metrics. The same team that runs the scan can lead the transition, with continuity from week one.
Fill out the contact form on this page or book a 30-minute discovery call. A real person reads what you send. We come back within two working days with three things: a quick read on where your situation lands, a proposed first step, and an indicative price range. The first call is short and free, whether or not you decide to engage.
Senior energy operators. Most of our consulting team have run real operations at energy suppliers, BRPs, or grid operators. They sit close to the work. You will meet the people who will do the work in your first conversation, before the contract is signed.
Ready to build your BRP business case?
Start with a 30-minute scoping call. We will walk through your current setup, what the scan would look like for your portfolio, and the indicative timeline and cost.
