Who is responsible for removing your gas meter?

Scooter42777

We are leaving gas and going completely electric, but who is responsible and should it be free? 
Scottish Power are being unhelpful and want us to pay an independent contractor to cap the gas, then PAY THEM £120 just to REMOVE the gas meter! 
But limited research has shown that British gas, octopus, eon etc would do it ALL for free!.......
we had issues with their 'help dept' which we can just accept £50 compensation, or we can take it to ofgem, but where do we stand? 

frederick1950

It will incur a cost to the supplier to remove a meter so why should they do it for free ?

Robin9

As others will say -  Why are your going all electric when gas is the much cheaper option ?

Mstty

Robin9 said:

As others will say -  Why are your going all electric when gas is the much cheaper option ?

It's not so much cheaper for us. We have a 4 bed detached house all electric £175 a month on current price cap and occupied all day and that's for heating it at 20-21oC over winter. 

It's coming out as cheap as our previous 3 bed link detached house with gas and electricity (2 years old) maybe due to standing charges on gas being £100 a year now?

The point where well designed ASHP heating on electricity vs gas prices appears to have reached its tipping point for some.

QrizB

Mstty said:

Robin9 said:

As others will say -  Why are your going all electric when gas is the much cheaper option ?

It's not so much cheaper for us.

You aren't the OP, though. We'd like to know why they want to give up gas.

Scooter42777 said:

We are leaving gas and going completely electric, but who is responsible and should it be free?

Your supplier is responsible. If you are with SP and they want £120, you'll have to pay them £120.

If you would rather switch supplier then ask your new supplier to do it, that's your perogative.

I'm as curious as anyone as to how you plan to heat your he once you give up gas.

Also, be aware there could be a further charge from your regional gas distributor when they come to dig up the supply pipe.

Mstty

@QrizB correct but this board must have a balanced view, gas is not always cheaper and that is not only my view but backed up with a real life example.

Please don't pull me up like this again it was perfectly reasonable for me to respond to give a balanced view to the OP for someone saying gas is cheaper (it isn't always)

I too was looking for their reason hence revisiting this post perhaps they can let us know in due course.

Robin9

Similar previous threads have seen people ripping our gas boilers and replacing them with electric boilers or old storage rads and fitting magic dust ones or have been very low users of gas and getting frightened by standing charges.

Zandoni

It can’t cost to stop using gas, just tell them you don’t want it anymore and leave the meter in situ. That way you can change your mind later.

Ultrasonic

Zandoni said:

It can’t cost to stop using gas,

Well it does in terms of the standing charge.

Zandoni

Ultrasonic said:

Zandoni said:

It can’t cost to stop using gas,

Well it does in terms of the standing charge.

Oh wow, your right, I’ve heard of people stopping supply without charge they must have been from the better suppliers. It certainly seems wrong to me though, this sort of thing used to be free.

Mstty

Switch to octopus, they do take on new customers by phone then

https://octopus.energy/blog/disconnecting-your-gas-supply/