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The energy transition is about more than EVs and rooftop solar. Factor's co-founders on the distribution investment gap, time-based pricing and the opportunity for retailers.

When Simon and Jessica first showed Factor to energy pricing teams, they expected resistance. What they got instead was relief. Here is what pricing professionals actually said when they saw a tool built for the work they do every day.

Jessica Venning-Bryan joins leading tech journalist Peter Griffin to give an unvarnished account of building Factor and selling it in under two years.

Fresh off the Gentrack acquisition, Jessica joins New Zealand's top startup podcast for one of the most candid founder conversations you'll hear this year.

Gentrack's CEO joins Sharesies' Shared Lunch podcast to talk growth, global ambitions, and why Factor was a natural fit for the business.

Factor co-founders Jessica Venning-Bryan and Simon Pohlen on why they built a SaaS pricing platform that deploys over a cup of coffee, integrates with everything, and works in any energy market in the world.

How gentailers and retailers price power purchase agreements in the UK and Australia, and where shape risk takes the margin.

A generator's output is worth more at some times of day than others. Price a PPA on the wrong output profile and you lose margin on every interval of the contract.

What UK non-commodity costs are, why flat uplifts misprice them, and how to allocate them site by site.

Pricing complexity is one of the biggest drivers of cost to serve for energy retailers with commercial and industrial customers. Here is how Factor helps teams do more, faster, without adding headcount or manual risk.

Energy pricing software has long meant lengthy implementation projects, upfront licence fees, and months before a single deal gets priced differently. Factor is built the other way around.