Marina boat electric supplies from a meter

eccorosa

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me.  I have a small boat in a marina and have a connection of electric via a shared meter.  It seems that the landlord of the marina was undercharging us on the electric, this was relayed to us.  We had been paying 16p for kw via a meter and each meter deducts 25p for the daily charge.  The landlord has now realised that the electric has gone up and wacked it up to 84p a kw.  Does anyone know if she can do that.  I had a look on line and commercial electric seems to be around 50p kw.  The other problem is we share the supply with up to 3 others via the meter and if they don't contribute any money you are paying for them too.  This weekend I spent £32 as I had a small electric heater (under kw) and a light on, but  I am probably paying for the other two that were also hooked up this weekend.  Although they claimed they had put money in too. Where do we stand with this legally as I thought she was only able to charge at the rate she was paying.  When it didnt cost too much I wasn't worried about others using the supply at the same time but now its very costly for a weekend.

Thanks for any help on where I stand legally.

pochase

Welcome to the forum.

First you don't know what they are really paying, it might well be the correct price.

Secondly a landlord is not allowed to benefit from reselling energy. I assume this is not your home, but a leisure, so I am not sure if this rule applies.

Quick googling shows that it seems they can add service charges to the unit rates. The thread is a bit older

https://forums.ybw.com/index.php?threads/marina-electricity-charges.469976/

matelodave

There are specific rules regarding the resale of energy and pleces like marinas, caravan site or multi occupanct dwellings are not allowed to sell it for more than they pay for it - have a shufti here https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/resale-gas-and-electricity-guidance-maximum-resale-price-updated-october-2005 as well as lots of other info on t'interweb

obviously if you are sharing a meter then the costs have to be apportioned appropriately between the users.

An alternative would be to instal your own meter like this but they are very expensive for what they are. https://www.yachtbits.com/metermaid-in-line-portable-electricity-meter-16a-230v a lot of marinas do supply or rent them out.

daveyjp

16 to 84p may not be far off if its the end of a long contract and the owner hasn't bothered to shop around, which sounds the case if they have only just realised.

Our rugby club electricity is around £15k a year.  The contract ends in March and first offer from existing supplier will see it increase to £75,000.

macman

If he's been undercharging, he cannot now increase it above the rate he is paying to compensate. Only to his own current. Ask for evidence of the tariff rates.