Difficulties getting electricity supply for a new office

paulears

I  thought I'd add this to warn  people  in the same  circumstances as me. I've worked self-employed for home for 16 years, but The lockdown  has wiped out my  business and one side effect is lots of heavy big equipment has  been returned. As a result  my house is full,  and mum mum's house is  currently for sale as she was one of the  April Corona victims, but it too is full of  my equipment. I looked for storage, but it  was crazily expensive, so I've taken on  a large open plan office and I'm moving everything in  there. I got the keys today and  the lease gave  details of the  current energy supplier - Opus. I called them to tell them I  was in. They took all  my details, then told me they didn't want to supply the premises with electricity because based on  the previous occupier, and my own estimates, I'd use less than 10,000KW of electricity, and they didn't;t support  small businesses anymore. Enquiries  on line  showed similar stories.  Bristol  energy my current domestic supplier told  me the same - they could not accept a  transfer in from Opus because  they'd make no money.

I've finally  found  British  gas Light - who will  supply me. A  bit more than I pay domestically,  but no choice really. So much for supporting small businesses.
Paul

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I've found Eon good for my small business, it's a 1200sqft industrial unit and relatively low useage energy wise but they were fine when signing up and never mentioned anything about it.

Sorry to hear about your loss as well, it's a tough time and it seems you have a lot going on. Best of luck moving forward.