Holiday home electric and gas prices

Teenaj40

I have just had my new bill in for gas and electric at my static caravan
0.44/unit for electric 
2.36/unit for gas
Surely this isn't correct  Ofgem prices are so much cheaper
HELP 

la531983

Be a business tarriff, which isnt covered by the domestic price cap.

born_again

Teenaj40 said:

I have just had my new bill in for gas and electric at my static caravan
0.44/unit for electric 
2.36/unit for gas
Surely this isn't correct  Ofgem prices are so much cheaper
HELP 

Who bills you?

mmmmikey

Hi - Ofgem regulates domestic supplies only and caravan parks are businesses that pay commercial rates which are often much higher. The park owner isn't allowed to make a profit on the supply but you can still end up paying more for a static caravan than a house. So those prices aren't particularly bad I'm afraid :-(

EDIT: at least the electricity price isn't bad, not really sure about the gas

Teenaj40

Park Direct (Parkdean)

Teenaj40

born_again said:

Teenaj40 said:

I have just had my new bill in for gas and electric at my static caravan
0.44/unit for electric 
2.36/unit for gas
Surely this isn't correct  Ofgem prices are so much cheaper
HELP 

Who bills you?

Parkdean direct 

born_again

Prices will be in your contracts with them. As others have said this is not a domestic contract.

la531983

mmmmikey said:

EDIT: at least the electricity price isn't bad, not really sure about the gas

Now I dont have much experience of business tarrffs but is it normal for the gas to be 5+ times more than the electric, when in a domestic setting its about a third to a quarter of the price?

matelodave

Is your gas from the mains or is it LPG from a tank on the site.

If the gas is from the mains then the resale cost is limited to that imposed by the resale regulations - ie the same as the cost but AFAIK the cost of LPG is not regulated so the owner can charge whatever he can get away with

Teenaj40

matelodave said:

Is your gas from the mains or is it LPG from a tank on the site.

If the gas is from the mains then the resale cost is limited to that imposed by the resale regulations - ie the same as the cost but AFAIK the cost of LPG is not regulated so the owner can charge whatever he can get away with

LPG tanks on site

Rodders53

What is the "unit" of gas you get for 2.36?

kWh?  litre?  cubic metre?

A cubic metre of propane contains 25.9 kWh of energy.