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Save energy. Save money. Support your community.
Join Tendring Community Energy and get practical, independent help to make your home warmer, more efficient and less expensive to run.
From understanding your energy bills to insulation, solar panels, battery storage, smart meters and available grants, we’re here to help you make informed choices.
- Annual Energy MOT
- Personal energy consultation
- Tariff and energy usage review
- Grant and funding guidance
- Solar and battery advice
- One member, one vote
Why join Tendring Community Energy?
We’re a local organisation focused on helping local people understand their energy use, reduce costs and benefit from the opportunities created by community energy.
Keep more money in your pocket
We’ll help identify practical opportunities to reduce unnecessary energy use and potentially lower your bills.
Make better home-energy decisions
Get straightforward guidance on heating, insulation, smart technology, renewables and energy efficiency.
Support Tendring
Your membership supports locally focused energy projects and helps keep more of the benefits within our community.
Find the membership that’s right for you
Every level helps support Tendring Community Energy. Choose the option that best reflects the advice, services and involvement you’d like.
Become part of your local energy community.
- Full TCE membership
- One member, one vote
- Digital membership certificate
- TCE quarterly newsletter
- Early notification of new projects
- Invitations to community events
- Member-only online information
- Member social-media badge
- Ability to suggest future projects
- AGM participation
Save money. Get advice. Have your say.
- Everything included with TCE Supporter
- Annual Energy MOT
- 30-minute energy consultation
- Energy usage review
- Tariff review
- Smart meter advice
- Solar and battery suitability
- Insulation and heating advice
- Grant and funding check
- Selected member discounts
- Energy-saving opportunity advice
For households wanting to take a deeper look at their energy costs.
- Everything in TCE Member
- Annual Home Energy Review
- Detailed energy assessment
- Heating and insulation review
- Solar PV potential
- Battery storage assessment
- EV charging advice
- Smart controls assessment
- Potential savings identified
- Potential grants identified
- TCE Home Energy Action Plan
- Priority workshop booking
- Ask the Energy Expert sessions
- 10% selected workshop/service discount
Maximum benefits with extra support for community energy in Tendring.
- Everything in TCE Plus
- TCE Champion status
- Champion digital certificate
- Champion badge
- Annual Champion event
- Behind-the-scenes project updates
- Early project launch invitations
- Opportunities to visit TCE projects
- Recognition on our Community Champions page*
*Recognition is only published with your permission.
BECOME A CHAMPION🏠 Your annual TCE Energy MOT
Energy can disappear unnoticed through inefficient heating, insulation, appliances, tariffs and everyday habits.
Our Energy MOT helps you understand where your money is going and identifies practical opportunities that could reduce your costs.
Interested in an Energy MOT?
Complete the form below and one of the TCE team can contact you.
Our Member Savings Promise
We’ll help you identify at least £25 of potential savings opportunities. This could come from energy efficiency, a better tariff, available funding or practical improvements around your home.
This is not a guarantee that your bill will reduce by £25. We will identify potential opportunities that could be worth at least the cost of your membership.
What can TCE help you with?
You don’t need to understand the energy industry. That’s what we’re here for.
Solar PV
Understand whether solar panels could suit your home and the questions you should ask before investing.
Battery storage
Understand home batteries, how they work and whether storage could be worthwhile for your household.
Insulation
Identify ways to reduce heat loss, improve comfort and make your property more energy efficient.
Grants & funding
Find out about energy support and funding schemes you may be eligible to access.
Heating
Explore practical ways to use your heating more effectively and reduce unnecessary energy use.
Energy bills
Get help understanding your bills, consumption and where your household energy costs are going.
Smart technology
Learn how smart meters, controls and other technology could help you manage your energy consumption.
EV charging
Understand home EV charging and how electric vehicle energy use fits into the wider household picture.
Your membership helps Tendring
We’re local people helping local people.
Tendring Community Energy isn’t another national energy company. We’re focused on helping our communities benefit from a cleaner, fairer and more affordable energy future.
Your membership helps us provide local energy advice, develop community projects and keep more of the benefits of community energy within Tendring.
You’re not simply buying a membership package. You’re becoming part of your local energy community.
One Vote.
TCE Business Membership
For local businesses wanting to reduce energy costs, improve efficiency, understand renewable-energy opportunities and support community energy in Tendring.
BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRY- Business membership certificate
- TCE Business Member logo
- Website recognition
- Business energy review
- Renewable-energy advice
- Funding and grant guidance
- Priority business workshops
- Networking opportunities
- Sustainability guidance
- Promotion through TCE channels where appropriate
Join Tendring Community Energy
Choose your preferred membership level and complete your details below. We’ll contact you with the next steps for payment and membership confirmation.
Ready to become a TCE Member?
Get practical energy advice, discover potential savings, have your say and help support community energy across Tendring.
Less than £2.10 a month
BECOME A TCE MEMBER