Is it possible to disconnect your gas?

mangotango

Is it possible to dsconnect your gas (I assume this would involve capping the pipe and removing the meter) so that the daily standing charge is not payable. Woulkd I approach my supplier? Thank you!

lemontart

You first need to contact your supplier and ask for the meter to be removed

SEE

mangotango wrote: »

Is it possible to dsconnect your gas (I assume this would involve capping the pipe and removing the meter) so that the daily standing charge is not payable. Woulkd I approach my supplier? Thank you!

Thinking the same myself. My gas is only around £50 a year tops. The new standing charge just doesn't make having it viable any more.

Hasbeen

Why not just change supplier to one that has a tariff with no standing charge?

I would have thought that having a gas supply in would be a selling point in future and that it would be expensive to put back in?

Cardew

SEE wrote: »

Thinking the same myself. My gas is only around £50 a year tops. The new standing charge just doesn't make having it viable any more.

As suggested above, Ebico have no standing charge or Tier system and have a single price for gas regardless of method of payment(quarterly, DD or pre-pay meter)

For those with low consumption they are a sensible choice.

macman

Can you not use more gas and less electricity? It's a lot cheaper if you can.

mangotango

Thanks for all the replies. I will look at Ebico but I was under the impression that all suppliers were eventually moving to the daily rate (mandated by govt??) I may b misinformed though.

rogerblack

macman wrote: »

Can you not use more gas and less electricity? It's a lot cheaper if you can.

It depends - it's often really not.
For central heating - certainly, no question.
For pretty much everything else 'it depends'.
Cooking is probably more-or-less a wash, when you add in the somewhat increased ventilation needed.