Domestic Supply via Micro-Business Contract - end of 12 month fixed

Robin9

150,000 kWh is suggesting Current Transformer metering  as may well have been for a builders yard

jonathangale

MWT said:

I still think the problem is the classification as a business account, the Ofgem advice is what you should rely upon to get your account reclassified as residential, and once residential you should get access to the capped tariff.

I do still wonder if the nature of your metering is getting in the way, do you have any photos of the actual meter that you can post? (blank out MPAN etc.)

I think it's covered in a panel and the only thing I can see is the auto-reader I mentioned earlier (half-hourly)? Is there anyway I can get the type of the meter from the contract at all? All I can see is "half-hourly" although it says Make - ACT in one part as well, is that a manufacturer?

[Deleted User]

Secure Premier are CT/VT driven half-hourly meters for commercial and light industrial uses.

stewie_griffin

Is the waiver you’ve signed got to do with VAT and CCL. Have you been paying 5% VAT? It sounds like your supply is classified as commercial due to the type of meter you have. I wouldn’t be surprised if your profile class was 0. Even if you get on the capped rate then your annual charges will be around £75k 😳 (or not depending what’s announced tomorrow). You can get CT meters that are suitable for domestic properties so it might be worth you speaking with EDF to see if a different meter would be more suitable.

QrizB

jonathangale said:

Hi, We have a domestic electricity supply to our home but it is delivered over a micro-business supply (property used to be commercial before we purchased it). We have had the supply for 7 years now ...

Adapting the aphorism about apple threes:

The best time to have sorted this out was seven years ago.

The second best time is today (well, tomorrow, since it's almost 9pm).

jonathangale

[Deleted User] said:

Secure Premier are CT/VT driven half-hourly meters for commercial and light industrial uses.

Yep, this is the one we have.

jonathangale

stewie_griffin said:

Is the waiver you’ve signed got to do with VAT and CCL. Have you been paying 5% VAT? It sounds like your supply is classified as commercial due to the type of meter you have. I wouldn’t be surprised if your profile class was 0. Even if you get on the capped rate then your annual charges will be around £75k 😳 (or not depending what’s announced tomorrow). You can get CT meters that are suitable for domestic properties so it might be worth you speaking with EDF to see if a different meter would be more suitable.

Holy crap, good point. Despite confirmation (and acceptance) in writing with them each year that the property is residential and the supply domestic and the terms on each invoice saying that if the supply is domestic then the VAT rate should be 5%, I have been charged 20% every invoice for the last 7 years!

OK, this is added to the complaint straight away, thanks!

jonathangale

QrizB said:

jonathangale said:

Hi, We have a domestic electricity supply to our home but it is delivered over a micro-business supply (property used to be commercial before we purchased it). We have had the supply for 7 years now ...

Adapting the aphorism about apple threes:

The best time to have sorted this out was seven years ago.

The second best time is today (well, tomorrow, since it's almost 9pm).

Yep, thanks. Thing is, I was under the impression that there was no option for this and that the meter type was the right one for the property and the contract was related to that. Have requested this right away (today!) as well. Will let you know the response. Thanks!