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ERM's businesses

ERM Power is well on the way to becoming an integrated energy company. What does this mean? It means that we don't just do one of the steps in the electricity supply chain. Instead, we integrate our business so that we can do several, interconnected things. Click on the animation below to learn more. When you're finished, visit our Generation, Gas and Retail businesses to find out more about what we do.

Fast Facts

Transmission towers are the large electricity structures you often see outside cities and towns.
Energy companies can pay electricity generators up to $10,000 a megawatt hour during times of peak demand.
Electricity is a secondary energy source produced by converting other energy sources like the chemical energy in coal and gas.
Households pay a fixed price to energy companies for power, which protects us from sudden price changes on hot days.
The distribution network is made up of the poles and wires you see in cities and towns.
Power generation stations make power, which is then taken to customers on the transmission and distribution networks.
Retailers are the companies that sell electricity to the end customer, such as a household or business.