Electric Meters

dustysandals

I had a workshop, and although I wasn't using electricity, I was still paying £40 plus quarterly for the meter. Why can't we just buy a meter, have it sealed by the supplier, they can read it, but then, because it's ours (mine), we just pay for the electricity used. What a con! :mad:

lstar337

dustysandals wrote: »

I had a workshop, and although I wasn't using electricity, I was still paying £40 plus quarterly for the meter. Why can't we just buy a meter, have it sealed by the supplier, they can read it, but then, because it's ours (mine), we just pay for the electricity used. What a con! :mad:

Are you going to pay for the cable that runs from the substation too, and all the costs associated with its installation?

If you are not using any energy, switch to a tariff with a £0.00 standard charge.

ic

Don't forget to pay for them to come out and read your meter, and then process and send you the bill too, plus man a call centre in case you have any queries, plus have a billing department that can process your payment.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

ic wrote: »

Don't forget to pay for them to come out and read your meter, and then process and send you the bill too, plus man a call centre in case you have any queries, plus have a billing department that can process your payment.

All apart from the meter reader are costs of sales, so should be absorbed by the unit rate rather than the standing charge.

Bubblebath

dustysandals wrote: »

I had a workshop, and although I wasn't using electricity, I was still paying £40 plus quarterly for the meter. Why can't we just buy a meter, have it sealed by the supplier, they can read it, but then, because it's ours (mine), we just pay for the electricity used. What a con! :mad:

You have a workshop and you don't use any electricity?

Still lit by old gas lamps is it? :cool:

Robin9

If you don't need electricity you could arrange for the supply to be removed.

Fingerbobs

lstar337 wrote: »

If you are not using any energy, switch to a tariff with a £0.00 standard charge.

Are there any? I moved from E.ON about a year ago when they changed all their tariffs to include a standing charge, and was unable to find any other supplier who didn't also charge for standing.

Fruit_and_Nut_Case

Fingerbobs wrote: »

Are there any? I moved from E.ON about a year ago when they changed all their tariffs to include a standing charge, and was unable to find any other supplier who didn't also charge for standing.

EBICO is often mentioned.

Nada666

Fingerbobs wrote: »

Are there any? I moved from E.ON about a year ago when they changed all their tariffs to include a standing charge, and was unable to find any other supplier who didn't also charge for standing.

There are some. But unless you use very little they may have been far down the results pages.

Or you were caught by the 'only list tariffs you can switch to today' trick question on the comparison sites.

[Deleted User]

Nada666 wrote: »

There are some. But unless you use very little they may have been far down the results pages.

Or you were caught by the 'only list tariffs you can switch to today' trick question on the comparison sites.

Yes, I could nt get Ebico ( with its zero pence standing charge ) come up at all on the comp sites, or Green Energy for that matter. Makes you believe there is some sort of filter in place to keep them off the sites

Nada666

sacsquacco wrote: »

Yes, I could nt get Ebico ( with its zero pence standing charge ) come up at all on the comp sites, or Green Energy for that matter. Makes you believe there is some sort of filter in place to keep them off the sites

Ebico and Green Energy are on evey site. But you have to alter the default on the final trick question on some. (This really is something that ought to be banned by the Ofgem Compliance Code.)