Meter SIte

Verdigris

wild666 said:

If given access to the meters then take a copy of a bill to the room with you this should have the number of your meter(s) on the bill then you can search for the correct meter for the property.

Sadly, even that is not infallible. You may well find a meter with the correct serial number but it might not be connected to the right apartment, despite what any label may say. This is a worst case scenario, I stress, but not unknown. As somebody has said, the only way to be sure is the throw the isolator switch and have somebody else in the flat tell you whether the lights went off (assuming you can get a mobile signal).

In my experience if there is the correct, purpose made, label next to the meter quoted on the bill, then you're on safe ground. It is where the labelling is done in marker pen, with crossings out and amendments, that I get twitchy.

Gerry1

Never allow anyone to read a meter on your behalf, except one working on behalf of your supplier; insist on seeing the meter yourself.  Unless the meter room is in the basement or ground floor, query why you haven't been given the IHD.

Do the meter sanity check: the fact that the meter's serial number is the same as shown on the bill doesn't mean it's the meter that's supplying your flat.  What did the paperwork say when you took possession?  If you didn't check the reading it showed, you could be paying for the energy that the builders used.

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A word to the wise. Each property has a MPAN which is linked to an address. The meter serial number is linked to the MPAN. If you find that you are being billed for the wrong meter, then the supplier needs to identify the correct MPAN and apply to have the address on the database amended. Do not under any circumstances break the MPAN/meter serial number link. 

It follows that anything that you do will cascade around your development.

Verdigris

[Deleted User] said:

A word to the wise. Each property has a MPAN which is linked to an address. The meter serial number is linked to the MPAN. If you find that you are being billed for the wrong meter, then the supplier needs to identify the correct MPAN and apply to have the address on the database amended. Do not under any circumstances break the MPAN/meter serial number link. 

It follows that anything that you do will cascade around your development.

Yes, I agree with that. However, I've seen far too much evidence of suppliers not investigating inconsistencies when possible errors have been flagged up.