Pure Planet faces becoming latest casualty of industry crisis

The_Green_Hornet

Ultrasonic said:

The two main benefits of having a smart meter are not having to bother submitting meter readings, and not being hassled to get a smart meter installed!

Neither of which I personally find that bothersome. I have no problem with smart meters but I would prefer to wait until the existing dumb ones reach their end of life as I hate waste.

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There is no news in todays daily OFGEM bulletin, which has just been issued, like there has been on previous bad news occasions. 

Thrugelmir

wittynamegoeshere said:

Of course there's Rolls Royce too - one company makes jumbo jet engines, the other makes tarted-up BMWs.  Same name and logo, absolutely no connection.

Was under the same company umbrella until 1973. 

sam1974_2

maryb said:

At any rate it will mean we don't have to have the smart meter they were forcing on us.  I told them it wouldn't work as our meters are in the cellar of our Victorian house and they won't get a wifi signal.  But they insisted. 

So little man turns up but decides he needs UK Power Networks to come in and do 'something'  UKPN come along and think the main fuse might have a bit of asbestos behind it.  Visit number 3, someone comes along and takes samples.  We get a call saying yes it is asbestos so UKPN will be back with a specialist removal team and once the asbestos backing is dealt with they will do the 'something' they were going to do on visit 3.  Then visit number 5 was going to be to actually fit the smart meters

Which won't work because they are in the cellar

Our smart meter’s in our Victorian cellar, works fine 🙂

As you probably know with old houses, they seem to want an asbestos survey for anything now! We’ve had one for changing gutters (cast iron to plastic) another for re insulating loft, one for a boiler change, one for consumer board renewal ….. and each company won’t take the last report, they want to do their own 🙄

Budweiser_072000 said:

All those visits are legitimate, its part of the safety process and if your meter is located in a victorian basement its probably very outdated.

Not always. We had a smart meter fitted last year but the previous meter was only a few years old so each time they just replace it in the same location. 

And I’d much prefer things down there out the way tbh. In fact our consumer board was originally in the cellar but at some point it had been moved to the ground floor - we had a new metal one fitted 2 years ago and had it taken back down to the cellar again, out the way! With emergency lighting fitted down there just incase. 

Wilt

https://community.purepla.net/latest-news-11/pure-planet-is-ceasing-to-trade-14372

They’re gone.

Ultrasonic

Wilt said:

https://community.purepla.net/latest-news-11/pure-planet-is-ceasing-to-trade-14372

They’re gone.

I wonder reading that whether those of us with Smart meters should submit a manual meter reading today. Thoughts? My Smart meter sends a reading once a month, on something like the 22nd.

(Yes I'd like to ask PP but don't suppose it will be easy to get al reply.)

maryb

I did submit a reading this morning just in case  Does anyone know at what stage we start being charged at the new supplier's rates?  ie until Ofgem appoints someone else are we still on the PP tariff? In which case I assume we will be asked for another reading later on

spot1034

maryb said:

I did submit a reading this morning just in case  Does anyone know at what stage we start being charged at the new supplier's rates?  ie until Ofgem appoints someone else are we still on the PP tariff? In which case I assume we will be asked for another reading later on

It'll probably take a few days to appoint a SOLR. In the case of the three that went under on Wednesday two weeks ago, the supply moved on Sunday although the announcement of this and the identity of the SOLR did not come until Monday.

maryb

I might submit another reading in a couple of days then

gefnew

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