NO Company taking on new supply (3 new flats)

alun4

Can anyone help?  I've spent yesterday and today trying to find a supplier. We have the MPan numbers from Western Power Distribution so need a company to install meters and supply electricity. Eon stopped yesterday; SSE No new business (SWALEC); EDF; OVO: Br Gas;   Spoken to a lot of nice people. Listened to a variety of music. Got nowhere on the internet.
I guess the regulator will step in sometime but these three new flats with first fix wiring need energy to progress the build.

Is it time to panic yet?

whirlyhead

I use Good Energy. They aren't cheap, but they may still be taking on new customers.

alun4

Thanks. Just phoned and they are not taking on new supplies at the moment

Sea_Shell

alun4 said:

Can anyone help?  I've spent yesterday and today trying to find a supplier. We have the MPan numbers from Western Power Distribution so need a company to install meters and supply electricity. Eon stopped yesterday; SSE No new business (SWALEC); EDF; OVO: Br Gas;   Spoken to a lot of nice people. Listened to a variety of music. Got nowhere on the internet.
I guess the regulator will step in sometime but these three new flats with first fix wiring need energy to progress the build.

Is it time to panic yet?

You raise a very interesting question...but sorry I don't know the answer.

I wonder what large developers do, on their new builds, when they need 100's of meters fitted, and power supplied to the properties?

MWT

Sea_Shell said:

alun4 said:

Can anyone help?  I've spent yesterday and today trying to find a supplier. We have the MPan numbers from Western Power Distribution so need a company to install meters and supply electricity. Eon stopped yesterday; SSE No new business (SWALEC); EDF; OVO: Br Gas;   Spoken to a lot of nice people. Listened to a variety of music. Got nowhere on the internet.
I guess the regulator will step in sometime but these three new flats with first fix wiring need energy to progress the build.

Is it time to panic yet?

You raise a very interesting question...but sorry I don't know the answer.

I wonder what large developers do, on their new builds, when they need 100's of meters fitted, and power supplied to the properties?

Ordinarily it isn't a problem, plenty of suppliers happy to get the business, right now though, not so much...

Sea_Shell

MWT said:

Sea_Shell said:

alun4 said:

Can anyone help?  I've spent yesterday and today trying to find a supplier. We have the MPan numbers from Western Power Distribution so need a company to install meters and supply electricity. Eon stopped yesterday; SSE No new business (SWALEC); EDF; OVO: Br Gas;   Spoken to a lot of nice people. Listened to a variety of music. Got nowhere on the internet.
I guess the regulator will step in sometime but these three new flats with first fix wiring need energy to progress the build.

Is it time to panic yet?

You raise a very interesting question...but sorry I don't know the answer.

I wonder what large developers do, on their new builds, when they need 100's of meters fitted, and power supplied to the properties?

Ordinarily it isn't a problem, plenty of suppliers happy to get the business, right now though, not so much...

Well, yes, i meant in the current climate. 

We have 100s of homes going up near us at the moment, they'll all need meters and supply. 

GingerTim

Sea_Shell said:

alun4 said:

Can anyone help?  I've spent yesterday and today trying to find a supplier. We have the MPan numbers from Western Power Distribution so need a company to install meters and supply electricity. Eon stopped yesterday; SSE No new business (SWALEC); EDF; OVO: Br Gas;   Spoken to a lot of nice people. Listened to a variety of music. Got nowhere on the internet.
I guess the regulator will step in sometime but these three new flats with first fix wiring need energy to progress the build.

Is it time to panic yet?

You raise a very interesting question...but sorry I don't know the answer.

I wonder what large developers do, on their new builds, when they need 100's of meters fitted, and power supplied to the properties?

In the new build I bought a flat in a couple of years ago everyone the meters were installed by Eon and everyone was automatically on an Eon tariff (until they quickly changed to get a better deal).

Verdigris

alun4 said:

Can anyone help?  I've spent yesterday and today trying to find a supplier. We have the MPan numbers from Western Power Distribution so need a company to install meters and supply electricity. Eon stopped yesterday; SSE No new business (SWALEC); EDF; OVO: Br Gas;   Spoken to a lot of nice people. Listened to a variety of music. Got nowhere on the internet.
I guess the regulator will step in sometime but these three new flats with first fix wiring need energy to progress the build.

Is it time to panic yet?

I notice Scottish Power aren't on you list (some might say, understandably) but from my observations, when I was a meter reader, is that Eon, BG and EDF tended to tender for the big developments but you'd see SP in smaller developments like apartments. Worth a try, anyway. Shell seem to be doing the SoLR heavy lifting, at the moment, presumably to get to "Big-6" proportions, quickly, so may not be averse to some "normal" business.

alun4

I am on transfer/hold to new installations with Shell. I have been listening to Shell music for 30 minutes now but I will have to go out shortly to meet the bus with our child on it!    Is Scottish Power  SSE ? If it is I should have put it on the list!

alun4

I see it's not .... first thing in the morning then!

MWT

Verdigris said:

Shell seem to be doing the SoLR heavy lifting, at the moment, presumably to get to "Big-6" proportions, quickly, so may not be averse to some "normal" business.

Shell have got a few of the failures but in total they are all still smaller than Avro which went to Octopus.