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The period-end report

A document to take to the board.

The centrepiece is not a chart: it is the first page of the quarterly report. Below is an example, with an invented client and invented figures, read section by section.

Quarterly period-end report on energy cost

Fonderie Esempio S.p.A.

Q3 2026 · 01/07/2026 – 30/09/2026

sample data

Written before

The budget you set

115.00€/MWh

Share to cover

60–70%

Budget for the quarter

530,200.00 €

Policy approved on 12/01/2026

Proven after

Covered share

64.0%

policy range 60–70%

Actual cost

521,751.50 €

line by line

Variance from budget

−8,448.50 €

−1.6% · under budget (actual − budget)

Weighted average price

108.25 €/MWh

fixed share at 103.83

Date and timeDecisionSharePrice
03/07/2026 09:14 · #0041Share fixed, approved by the finance department40.0%101.80
15/07/2026 16:02 · #0042Share fixed, approved by the finance department15.0%106.20
28/07/2026 11:37 · #0043Share fixed, proposed by procurement, approved by the finance department9.0%108.90
05/08/2026 10:00 · #0044No decision proposedinsufficient data: 14 observations out of 20

Coverwatt fees: annual fee, with the amount set out in the offer. Fees from suppliers in this period: none.

Coverwatt · report frozen on 07/10/2026 · page 1 of 6

  1. 01

    At the top, the client and their rule

    The client's name, the period, the budget and the range they approved. The report opens with what was written before.

  2. 02

    The covered-share line

    The boundary between the two stages on the page: above it, “Written before”; below it, “Proven after”.

  3. 03

    The covered share, against the range

    How much you were covered, marked against the range in your policy: within, below or above.

  4. 04

    Three figures, line by line

    Actual cost, variance from budget, weighted average price. The sign is always shown; the colour tells you whether a value is in your favour or against you.

  5. 05

    The log

    Every decision with date, time and sequence number. Including the one not taken, with the reason.

  6. 06

    Our fees, set between two lines

    The same weight as your figures, in the same place in every report.

The client and figures are examples.

The first step

Start from a bill.

Send us a recent bill and, if you have it, the latest offer you received. We activate your access with your figures already in: what you pay, where today’s price stands against the last two years and your budget, and how much the supplier adds on top of the wholesale price. Then you decide whether it is time to ask for a fixed-price or variable-price offer. No commitment, and no forecasts.

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