Collective switch; how to register multiple (3) energy accounts at a single address?

davestocker

My 90 year old mother has never been an annual energy supplier switcher, but I've persuaded her to give it a go in the context of the MSE collective switch, which I've registered her for.

However, she has 6 separate energy accounts (3 gas, 3 electricity, from 2 suppliers ) at her large property. She has 2 for gas & electricity in her flat, 2 for the flat above, and a 3rd for the flat above that. She derives a modest rental income from one of the two flats, and these separate energy accounts help with her annual accounting.

How straighforward will it be to switch these multiple accounts connected to a single email address on the big day? Would I be wise to register 3 different email addresses, each relating to a different part of her property?

[Deleted User]

Create 3 email accounts, one for each registration. GMAIL is free

Former_MSE_Laura_B

Hi davestocker,

The best thing to do here would be to create three different Cheap Energy Club accounts using three different email addresses, as gsmlnx has mentioned above. It isn’t possible to have multiple flats registered on a single energy account.

However as this won't be a simple switch, you'll have to be extra careful when it comes to creating the accounts and submitting switches.

My suggestion here is to manually enter the address of the property on each CEC account. To do this just select My address is not in the list after you've typed in the postcode – if you ensure that each address is clearly labelled e.g. Flat 1 or similar it should help to avoid future confusion. Then after you’ve selected your chosen tariff to move to you should then be prompted to enter the MPAN and MPRN details for each supply on the switch application form.

Hopefully the flats are all listed individually on the national meter databases, unfortunately if they are linked (or marked as ‘related meters’) it may prevent the switch from going through.

If you have any further questions about this then don't hesitate to drop us an email to energyclub@moneysavingexpert.com

Thanks,
MSE Laura

KingS6

gsmlnx wrote: »

Create 3 email accounts, one for each registration. GMAIL is free

So is Yahoo, Outlook, Fastmail, Tutanota and Protonmail. All free and all more secure. Especially the ones based outside the US.

Don't think OP will appreciate google reading her emails. Spread the word.