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Most likely the house was converted to gas CH and DHW from NSH's some years ago and the metering was never altered, the previous occupant will have wasted thousands. Contact BG ASAP.Flipjango said:The house has GCH and gas water. No storage heaters. It’s a single rate meter as far as I can tell.
An E7 meter has 2 registers, or a scrolling display. Or is this a smart meter?No free lunch, and no free laptop
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The rates the OP gave were pretty cheap overnight and only a little more than the normal SVT rate in the day, which was why I suggested it might be possible to switch use of some appliances to overnight rates..
I think it's quite possible that the previous owner decided they could make the E7 rates worth it. Is there a hot water tank in the property and if so, heated by gas or electric?Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Hot water tank heated by gas plus an immersion heater. I don’t think it should be on dual price as only a single meter.0
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I assume you are not using the immersion heater.
An E7 install does not have 2 meters. It uses a single meter with 2 registers, or a single meter with a dual display ,or a method of scrolling through the registers. Post a pic of the meter and surrounding install and proper advice can be given.
If the meter s/n is recorded as E7 on the national database, then you will be allocated to an E7 billing by default, which I suspect is what has happened, even if the previous occupant had the readings totalised to bill as single rate.No free lunch, and no free laptop0 -
Must be an old meter, BG cannot handle E7 on smart meter.1
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Meter says multi rate so I guess you’re right0
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This had occurred to me too. (Or if it IS a smart meter, it raises a LOT of questions around all the E7 SOLR customers who've been being charged on single rate!)pochase said:Must be an old meter, BG cannot handle E7 on smart meter.🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
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Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
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