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Meter not registered

BerryMerry · 2015-01-21 13:58:45

Hey folks, I just moved into a new place. Ended up with a nasty pre-payment meter from Scottish Power. It's costing me £5 per day on average, I just cant keep up with this. I called up to talk about it, and they tell me the meter is on the system as a regular non pre pay, for some unknown reason it's wrong and will take…

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macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite

21 January 2015 at 4:56PM edited 21 January 2015 at 4:59PM

It's not the PPM (typically 7% more than a discount online tariff), and it's not the PC. If you've come from a dual fuel property with gas CH to an all electric one without E7, then you can expect your bills to be 250-300% more, due to the much higher kWh price of electricity.
If you are on E7 (have you checked) then the difference should be less, so make sure that the NSH's and immersion are only heating in the cheap 7 hour night period.

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