Two meters and two standing charges, is this correct?

DrSpaceman

Hi, I live in Inverness (Scottish Highlands), both the previous rental I had and my current property is purely electric (heating + regular usage) and both had two meters, both with octopus energy. 

From what I can gather one meter is off peak (and I only get charged the off peak rate) and one meter is regular. I was pretty confused as to how the off peak meter worked since it didn't follow typical off peak times, from what I can gather its this total heating total control thing. The off peak supply seems to turn on once during the middle of the day and once again during night (all charged at the off peak rate).

This is in principle fine (although I will enquire into getting a smart meter and move onto E7 at some stage) but for the past 8 months I have now been paying two standing charges. Spoke to a colleague at work who said this wasn't correct (or legal I'm not sure) and I can get moved onto one standing charge and a refund issued for the already paid standing charges. 

Does anyone know anything about this, dropping a standing charge would be very ideal.

Gerry1

Not all of these may be relevant, but there's some useful ammo here.

Victory: 2 MPANs but one SC

Restricted Meters Good Practice Guide

Ofgem: RHT must offer single rate

Restricted meters order explanatory note

Dynamic Teleswitch Meters 1 – Nothing Untoward

A Dynamic Teleswitch Update – Successful Switch!

ComfortPlus White Meter (& similar DTS experiences)

Changes to Licence (SLC22G) - Restricted Meters

All-electric tariffs - Restricted Hours - SSE

Electric Tariffs and Heating - SSE

THTC and other two meter tariffs - SSE

Don't forget to tell us how you get on !

molerat

I am not 100% on this but I believe the one standing charge rule only applies if you have moved to a single rate tariff, the links above seem to confirm.

Gerry1

molerat said:

I am not 100% on this but I believe the one standing charge rule only applies if you have moved to a single rate tariff, the links above seem to confirm.

The Northern Scot article at the top of the list states "THTC households have two meters as they pay electricity at two different rates – but they are never charged two standing charges", so apparently not?

BUFF

apparently TTHC will cease to be supported shortly anyway https://sse.co.uk/help/electric-heating/other-two-meter-tariffs

molerat

Gerry1 said:

molerat said:

I am not 100% on this but I believe the one standing charge rule only applies if you have moved to a single rate tariff, the links above seem to confirm.

The Northern Scot article at the top of the list states "THTC households have two meters as they pay electricity at two different rates – but they are never charged two standing charges", so apparently not?

I would be dubious of any "facts" quoted in the NS