Should I keep my E7 meter?

E.ON_Company_Rep_Chris

Hi mwddrwg

From reading your post I recon you would be better off on a non-Economy 7 price plan.

We can easily confirm this, just give us call with some up to date meter readings and we’ll do a comparison for you over the phone.

If there’s savings to be made, we can switch you straight away and there’s no need for us to change the meter. Instead, the meter will still record your day and night use separately but you’ll be charged the same price for both.

Hope this helps mwddrwg, let me know if you need any more info.

Amanda

Chuzzle

I have E7 meter and my night useage is around 20%. I've just done a comparison and found that if I stick with E7 I will save approx £552 over the year, but if I change onto a non E7 tariff I will only save £458. We don't have storage heaters so the only things on overnight is the washing machine (if I can be bothered), and the usual fridge/freezer & freezer, and everything else which is left on standby (2 tv's, freeview box etc). So I think I shall definitely stick with the E7 Tariff.

So it pays to "go compare"

macman

What tariff can you possibly be on whereby you will save £552 by switching? Sorry but that is just not possible.
Please post your kWh consumption on each rate and your region so someone can double check.
I also find it unlikely that you can make E7 pay when you only use 20% on night rate. Indeed, without storage heaters I find it hard to believe that you could be using even as much as 20% on night rate, unless you are an insomniac. Do you heat your water by E7?

spike7451

Premier wrote: »

Why would a gas fitter have any idea what electricity tariff you opted for, let alone one you chose that had a 12p per day additional standing charge.

You don't necessarily need to have the E7 meter removed for all the reasons mentioned above. Again it's not the gas fitters job, no more than it is the butchers or chemists to advise you.

Use a comparison site and discover for yourself.

We, like many others, have gas central heating and still take advantage of the benefits for cheap (30%-50% of the normal rate) electricity E7 allows us. I'm not suggesting it'll work for everyone with gas, but it works for us. A comparison site is the way to find out.

Sorry,I mis-spoke in my post,disregard the I was paying 12p a day surcharge for the E-7,nor did they mention bit.
They were doing the work for the Housing Executive & after speaking to a neighbor who also had the gas installed,he was advised to get the E7 meter removed.As to the tarrif,the was no mention of a 12p surcharge when I signed up to the pre pay meter,which was already installed when I moved in.I was only informed of this when I called to get the meter removed.
And when I signed up the was no such thing as a 'comparison site' to use as it was around 1997,long before everybody had access to the WWW.
And after my meter was removed,I found I was using roughly 10p less a day than when I had the meter.