Two electric meters

Jenkyn

Hi, I have 2 electric meters, one in the house that is recognised and the other is in a detached garage which is little used.
As the garage meter uses about 10 units max a year I was on a zero standing order tariff which was great until the supplier introduced a minimum charge.
I have tried to switch supplier but because the meter isn`t registered to the house address and the garage isn`t registered as an address new suppliers won`t take on the meter as they can`t find it on their systems.
Any suggestions please?

spiro

What is the meter in the garage supplying? Could it be rewired onto the main fusebox making the 2nd meter redundant?

Kitchen_Sink

Jenkyn said:

Hi, I have 2 electric meters, one in the house that is recognised and the other is in a detached garage which is little used.
As the garage meter uses about 10 units max a year I was on a zero standing order tariff which was great until the supplier introduced a minimum charge.
I have tried to switch supplier but because the meter isn`t registered to the house address and the garage isn`t registered as an address new suppliers won`t take on the meter as they can`t find it on their systems.
Any suggestions please?

Welcome to MSE!

What address is the garage meter registered to, if not that of the house or a sparate address of the garage? It must have a supply address specified on the bills you are receiving and paying.

Any reason you have not combined the supplies to pass through one meter as suggested above? Much better than paying 25p+ per kWh! People are paying less than half that for electricity today.

Carrie_bie

I'm dealing with something similar right now with a spare meter located in a shed in our garden. We're actually trying to get it removed, however there is no record of this meter on any supplier's database and, funnily enough, the shed doesn't have an address. For us this means no one wants to take responsiblity for removing it. Very tedious....
Anyway, I digress, my recommendation is you call your current supplier and ask for the MPAN for the garage meter. For your current supplier to be billing you for electricity to that meter, they should have an MPAN number associated with it. If they don't have one, they should be able to register it for one - I think they will need the serial number on the garage meter to do this. 
Hopefully then, you can switch to a better supplier!
When I spoke to UK Power Networks when trying to identify the supplier, they had a site plan showing how the meters at our house were connected to each other and the cables in the road, so they (or your regional version) should also be able to help you find the MPAN for your garage meter.