Gas and Electricity

matt_orb

Hello all;

I'm a tenant in a small block of flats, I have a gas and electricity meter inside my home (not in the communal area) and once every few months or so I get a letter from my landlord (not the letting agents or the building manager) asking me to fill out the meter readings, which I duly do with one copy going to himself and another going to the building manager.

Eventually I get a bill from the landlord, saying how much I owe. The bill is itemised but no details regarding who my supplier is etc.

My question is this; can I still change my supplier as I've been fobbed off by the building manager saying that I can't as it's all in together with the rest of the flats but this sounds a bit dubious to me.

From what I gather from Ofgem, if I pay the bill then I should be able to decide who I pay it to.

Thanks in advance.

HappyMJ

matt_orb wrote: »

Hello all;

I'm a tenant in a small block of flats, I have a gas and electricity meter inside my home (not in the communal area) and once every few months or so I get a letter from my landlord (not the letting agents or the building manager) asking me to fill out the meter readings, which I duly do with one copy going to himself and another going to the building manager.

Eventually I get a bill from the landlord, saying how much I owe. The bill is itemised but no details regarding who my supplier is etc.

My question is this; can I still change my supplier as I've been fobbed off by the building manager saying that I can't as it's all in together with the rest of the flats but this sounds a bit dubious to me.

From what I gather from Ofgem, if I pay the bill then I should be able to decide who I pay it to.

Thanks in advance.

Your landlord is your supplier.

You cannot change supplier....well you can. You would need to leave and find a flat/house that has separate metering and does not share a common supply which is typical in houses that have been converted to flats.

Personally I don't like that set up as you can't shop around for the best tariff. You don't get direct debit discounts, you don't get discounts for having both gas and electricity supplied by the same supplier and you can't get cash back incentives for switching. I'd move.

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It would be helpful if you can come up with your kwh tariffs for your gas and electric. You can work it out roughly by the number of gas units used and electric then add 5% vat and a daily standing charge of around 20p a day as a rough average to see how you would compare with the same usage with the best on offer on comp sites. I am paying 8p/kwh electric, 2.6p/kwh gas and 19p a day standing charge.
Multiply the gas units used by 11 (metric meter ) or 33 ( imperial ) to get kwhr on gas,electric is easy..one unit is one kwh.
You would have signed a letting agreement where the landlord would have stipulated the gas and electric supply was under his control.If that agreeement is nt set in stone I can t see any reason why you can t take control of your own supplier and go your own way.