Switch from Utilita to clean energy company

Laura_ginger

Hi there,

I am moving into a house that is supplied energy by Utilita and has a prepayment meter. I have had a look and as far as I can see I can switch to a smart meter but its still prepay meter.

I really don't want a prepayment meter and want my energy provider to be a clean energy company. I have contacted my current clean energy provider and they don't supply pre pay and have said the current supplier needs to change the meter.

Feel like Im a bit stuck. Do I need to change the new house to a different supplier that offers both prepay and credit meters, get them to change the meter, then switch to a clean energy company?

Any suggestions of who offers both prepay and credit that would change the meters for me?

Thanks,
Laura

System

I hope you are prepared to pay for your "clean energy company " Ecotricity boss has made himself a multi millionaire selling very high priced energy. As a meter reader I see the tariff on Ecotricity prepay meters and they shock me how much more they were than what I was paying..nearly 100% more than me for electricity.
Utilita use a godawful smart prepayment meter, ( Secure Liberty ) which will both annoy you and baffle you especially if the auto credit system does nt work and you have to input a 40 digit number correctly at the right speed to make the meter accept it..

EachPenny

Laura_ginger wrote: »

I really don't want a prepayment meter and want my energy provider to be a clean energy company.

Bear in mind all that meter swapping has an environmental impact and if the PPM is swapped for a smart meter and you then switch supplier the smart meter may not work fully, rendering useless something which required a significant consumption of energy and materials to manufacture, and further environmental damage to dispose of.

Have you thought about an alternative approach which would be to go with the cheapest supplier and then work out how much extra you would have paid with a 'clean energy' supplier and donate the difference to a charity working on environmental projects or tackling fuel poverty?

At the end of the day the energy coming into your home is exactly the same whoever supplies it, energy is never really clean, and any extra financial contribution you make through a 'clean energy' supplier will be diminished by tax (VAT @5%) and profit.

In some ways it would be better to make sure the contribution you want to make was going directly to where it could make a difference without others taking a 'cut' on the way