Moving into new 1 bed flat - need energy help

Richie-from-the-Boro · 14 October 2019 at 7:54PM

(DS1500) if you need to check I'll assume you don't have one and hope you never get one my friend. Lots of advice here best of luck my friend.

xirokx · 15 October 2019 at 11:14PM

Spoke with current supplier British Gas yesterday

They're gonna put me on Temp Dec 2020 tariff because my flat is a new build the builders put the wrong flat numbers on the electricity meters so 5 meters are confused as the meter serial numbers don't match the flat numbers on the national database.

I have to do a burns test to identify my electricity meter

I cannot even think about switching for 1-2 weeks until my British Gas account is setup with correct meter serial numbers etc then I can look at other suppliers.

Currently thinking to go with Octopus

British Gas have put me down for a priority service and told me they'd send me a link for WHD too.

It's a bleeding nightmare that has to be done in stages ...

Thanks for your help n advice guys

Richie-from-the-Boro · 16 October 2019 at 1:49PM

Minefield for you......

Regardless, you can have a start and finish point roadmap, essentially they are both the same.

You start and finish by:

- photographing [evidence] your meter [MPAN/leccy and MPRN/gas numbers]
- you get the best tariff and the best discounts for your needs and type of water & heating
- you supply your own meter readings every 6-8 weeks
- you then have an annual Calculated Annual Consumption
- CAC÷12=monthly SO or DD is your annual payment plan
- YES you have a summer over-payment NO you never get an unexpected big bill
- you are always in annual CREDIT compliance

Best of luck.