Residential Park Home Electricity Tariff

Cornishlass_2

My husband and I are retired and live in a residential park home.  We are very concerned about the cost we are paying to the park home owners of 61p per kWh.  This time last year we were paying 55p per kWh which was reduced to 38p per from October 22 to March 23.  Since March this year we have been paying 61p per unit and would like to hear from anyone else in our position about what they are being charged.  By the way, we pay for our electricity via cards for the meter that goes with our home.

QrizB

There are two ways for a residential park home to be supplied with electricity:

1. You have a domestic electricity account directly with an energy company.

2. Your landlord has a commercial electricity account with an energy company, and you buy electricity from them.

From what you say, you have the second type of account. If so, your landlord cannot make a profit on supplying electricity but is allowed to pass on the full cost of their commercial tariff. Commercial tariffs are not capped by Ofgem and you are at the mercy of whatever contract terms your landlord has agreed.

Your landlord should be able to share details of their tariff with you, and explain how your charges are calculated.

Sonic1969

It seems unfair that domestic end users are at the mercy of landlords and getting commercial pricing. My situation is much the same and i think there should be more protection and visibility on pricing. My landlord is completely unapproachable

mmmmikey

I agree that the situation seems unfair, but I don't think it's right to blame the landlords and I expect many of them would agree with you. All they are doing is charging you what they themselves are paying. It's in their interests as well as yours to keep the prices down if they can as it makes the site more attractive to potential residents.

I think this is an issue to lobby your MP about. It would seem reasonable to me for landlords to be able to access domestic tarrifs where all they are doing is passing the cost on to domestic end users.

smellymel74

As others have said residential park home site owners are businesses so usually have commercial tariffs & they’re under no obligation to shop around for the best deal for residents. There’s little incentive for them to as they can legally pass on the cost per unit/ standing charge etc. to residents.

electric prices have gone up a LOT over the past 18 months so it’s feasible your unit prices are correct. However you’ll only know if the site owner provides evidence of the charges they’re being charged. Terms implied into all residents’ contracts give them the legal right to request evidence of their charges from the site owner so I’d check with them. Usually they provide bills for the site as these evidence unit rates and other charges. Residents also have a right to have their charges explained by the site owner - so if there’s any discrepancy between what they’re being charged and what the site owner is being charged you should ask for an explanation of this. Site owners cannot legally profit from reselling unless a residents’ agreement says something different.

ArbitraryRandom

@smellymel74  As with the other thread, I don't know how you came across this one, but it's from August last year and the Op hasn't been back on the site since November so it's unlikely they'll see your post.