Business Energy for Holiday Parks

Usually as a private network. The BH&HPA describes park businesses operating a localised system that distributes electricity to individual caravans, which from the distribution network operator point of view is a single consumer with one central meter and one MPAN. The park then meters and recharges pitches itself.

No. Ofgem maximum resale price rules cap what you may charge a domestic consumer at the price you paid, including standing charges, with no profit added. You also cannot recover the site own consumption, such as the office or street lighting, through those recharges.

It raises the stakes. Because you recover only what you paid, the rate you agree flows straight through to every owner on the park, so a poor renewal is felt by the whole site rather than absorbed by the business. It is one of the few sectors where the energy contract is close to a customer-facing decision.

They are under review. Ofgem opened a call for input on the resale of gas and electricity in October 2025, having acknowledged that enforcement is not protecting some consumers well. Anyone reselling on a park should expect the framework to be revisited rather than assume today position is permanent.

Because many sit well off the mains gas grid. The BH&HPA has told Parliament the sector has historically relied on LPG to heat complex sites, and that the cost of upgrading internal energy infrastructure is a significant barrier to electrification for private networks.

On its profile rather than a flat assumption. Consumption rises and falls sharply with occupancy while site infrastructure runs regardless, so half-hourly data where you have it, and an honest picture of your season where you do not, give suppliers something real to price against.

Only some can. The BH&HPA has pointed out to Parliament that Ombudsman access for non-domestic customers is limited to micro and, more recently, small businesses, so medium-sized park operators can find themselves in dispute with no route to it. That makes getting the contract right at the outset more important.

Usually on the business element, yes, with the Climate Change Levy on top. Where supply is genuinely for domestic use, such as residential park homes, a share may qualify for the reduced 5% rate and CCL relief. The split depends on your site and is worth establishing properly rather than guessing.

Yes, and many already generate their own. The BH&HPA notes members using renewables and sometimes exporting to the grid. On the buying side, REGO-backed renewable tariffs are widely available and often priced in line with standard contracts.