Can electric companies change ur providers

Ladybird20

Hi... i am sure i use to be with Scottish Power,,,but 6 weeks ago i got a letter from eon saying i needed to update my meter as my other one was old(8yrs)........I have just got my first bill and it is from Eon,,,,,and i wandered if i had been conned by Eon to get me from scottish power to eon????Ihave never before had a bill from eon,,,and now i have,,,whats gone on.....i hate being conned......Hmmmmmm

Ladybird20

anybody.........:(

maninthestreet

Contact Eon (look on the bill for a telephone number), and ask how your account has been transferred to them. I assume your older bills are from Scottish Power.

charchar_3

E-On actually provide the meters no matter what company you are with, they should be re-newed every 10 years. I've just had mine done and i'm with EDF!!!

safesound

charchar wrote: »

E-On actually provide the meters no matter what company you are with, they should be re-newed every 10 years.

Can you provide a source for that please.
I'm not disagreeing with you but saying "someone on the internet told me" will probably get me laughed up when I ring up to ask if I can have a new meter because mine is ancient

ead

charchar wrote: »

E-On actually provide the meters no matter what company you are with, they should be re-newed every 10 years. I've just had mine done and i'm with EDF!!!

i have to disagree the metres in my area are not provided by eon they are done by a company called metre plus i had mine changed 2 yrs ago over a fault and now i've had a letter saying it's going to be changed again

caitthegreat

I got switched a couple of years ago from Scottish Power to Powergen. Apparently I had been confused with someone else in my postcode area. Although I was miffed Powergen were not hugely apologetic. I got the impression from the call centre staff that it was quite a common occurance.