Do you have to have a gas account

PennineAcute

When I moved in to my current home, I was noticing that I was using around 4 kWh of gas on top of my cooker usage.  Eventutally worked it out that the combi boiler defaults to continously keeping the water warm after first being switched on.  Problem solved.

Chrysalis

pochase said:

That the landlord cannot remove gas without the tenant agreeing to it does not mean that the tenant can do this without the landlord having to agree.

Well do suppliers who cut off non payers get the LL's permission?

But in regards to disconnections on failed safety checks its only legal occupier permission needed, however unsettling that may be to a LL, the question I suppose is over voluntarily disconnections from a tenant.

Interestingly on a LL forum, a loophole seems to have been discovered, if a tenant doesnt pay, its cut off, then if new tenant wants supply, its reconnected for free.

Mstty

You can't remove any service as a tenant without approval from the landlord.

Astria

Mstty said:

You can't remove any service as a tenant without approval from the landlord.

That's a bit too broad, you should certainly ask the landlord first, but to say you definitely can't remove any service is incorrect.

Ultrasonic

I can't imagine any landlord agreeing to having the gas supply removed from a property they rent with a functioning gas central heating system in it!

SAC2334

Chrysalis said:

pochase said:

That the landlord cannot remove gas without the tenant agreeing to it does not mean that the tenant can do this without the landlord having to agree.

Well do suppliers who cut off non payers get the LL's permission?

But in regards to disconnections on failed safety checks its only legal occupier permission needed, however unsettling that may be to a LL, the question I suppose is over voluntarily disconnections from a tenant.

Interestingly on a LL forum, a loophole seems to have been discovered, if a tenant doesnt pay, its cut off, then if new tenant wants supply, its reconnected for free.

Virtually no one in the UK gets "cut off " completely and its not even allowed to cut off electricity nowdays if the occupier has a vulnerability or one of their household does . 

 Gas can be cut off in exceptional circumstances , eg Brit Gas RPU say they will cut off supply after being caught 3 times for gas theft ( and that does not happen in reality )
They always just replace meters with prepayment meters and add all the costs and rebill the estimated amount based on historic usage .

 I f you removed the gas meter without permission your landlord would withhold the money spent on reinstalling the gas from your bond . It was around £170 when I was on the job and I expect its gone up in the last 5 years .
 I m pretty certain its not allowed for renters to remove gas meters without landlords permission. 
It will be covered in the standard short hold  leasing contract everyone is obliged to sign about making changes to the property . Council owned properties will be the same 

wittynamegoeshere

Not suggesting it as a realistic idea, just thinking aloud, but what would happen if you split the gas and electricity between two different suppliers then just stopped paying the gas?  I'm sure there would be red bills but what then - would they cut it off, and would there be fees to reinstate it after you left?

I just checked my credit report, weirdly the water supplier is shown but the power supplier doesn't seem to record any details against me.  Although of course if you allowed them to take you to court then it could be recorded.