New home, no electricity meter

mmmmikey

I moved into a new house before the water meter was fitted. The water was provided and paid for by the builder until the meter was fitted, presumably coming from their own metered supply or as part of whatever they had agreed with Severn Trent.

I would imagine something similar is happening here, with the OP having paid the builder a nominal sum to cover usage until the meter is provided. A bit of a pain to sort out but in the absence of any agreement or contract between the OP and the electricity provider I would expect the liability is the builder's rather than the OP. Maybe the OP is in the same situation as a park home owner? In any event, in the absence of a metered supply I can't see the OP getting the £400 via the normal route but there may be a discretionary route?

molerat

A real all you can eat buffet. 

It seems that it has been quite difficult to get the suppliers out to fit meters in new builds recently. I suspect they may have been given a talking to by OFGEM.

Quite easy to just fit a Henley block where the meter should be.  The cut out / fuse / switch will be fitted by the DNO so they may have just connected it with the agreement of the supplier due to the current problems.

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mmmmikey said:

In any event, in the absence of a metered supply I can't see the OP getting the £400 via the normal route but there may be a discretionary route?

In any event, the OP shouldn't be getting free money to go with their all-you-can-eat electricity arrangement.

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How is E.On going to assess usage when there isn’t a meter? How can it legally supply electricity when no meter serial number is listed on the National database? Without a meter I suspect that there is no property listing.

It begs the question: what is the £400 for? I know the solicitor that I used to purchase my new build would have wanted answers before agreeing legal completion. Is there anything about this arrangement in writing?

Robin9

macman said:

I don't see how this is possible..........

This is all very suspicious and smacks of being underhand.