Move electricity from business to domestic tariff

brook_heather

My parents were on a business tarriff for both electricity and gas for 20 years most recently with EDF (until recently business tarriffs were cheaper than domestic for their usage) - in the summer they filled in this form and were then moved to a domestic tarriff with EDF and then switched to Octopus.

https://www.edfenergy.com/form/sme-vat-dec-form

QrizB

smile82smile said:

The old owners might’ve had their home as an office for their business, but it is a bungalow with some disused outbuildings. The old vendors informed me the business rates were more cost efficient and the number of metres was due to having day, night and unrestricted (?) tariffs.

There have been times when business tariffs have been cheaper than domestic ones.

Now is not one of those times.

smile82smile said:

My tariffs are all the same. With quarterly standing charges of £100 per meter and 33p/kwh.

On a domestic contract, you'd be paying about £200 a year standing charge in total and 27p/kWh.

smile82smile said:

I’ve had an electrician come out only to tell me he hasn’t seen a complicated set up like this before so can’t help.

You probably need a better electrician! If you can get your wiring rationalised so everything is fed from one 24-hour meter, it will make things easier in the long term.

JSHarris said:

Any chance of a photo of your incomers, meters and consumer units (please blank any personal info)?

That way I could have a stab at trying to understand the setup, whether you're on a single or three phase supply and possibly suggest options to convert it to something that might tidy things up and allow you to have a single domestic meter.

Yes, photos will help if you are ale to share them.

smile82smile

I’ll try to uploa

smile82smile

Hmm I can’t seem to attach

Ectophile

smile82smile said:

PS

i am now out of contract and when I contacted a broker she recommended I wait until march when prices will further reduce and that I would end up paying more with a domestic contract. What do you guys think?

If you're out of contract on a business tarriff, they you will be being utterly fleeced.  Unlike the domestic standard variable tariff, there's no price cap, and the suppliers can charge whatever they like.

Rumours are that the domestic price cap will be going down in the spring.

Raxiel

smile82smile said:

Hmm I can’t seem to attach

I think there are restrictions on new members, you could try a third party image sharing site like imgur.com, and then paste the link into your post.