2 MPANs one standing charge

womble88

Hi,

I live in an old property which has 2 MPANs and only one standing charge (one MPAN for house, one for garage block).  I am with Eon and finding it impossible to switch to another supplier (including Octopus) because they all insist on me having 2 standing charges which really negates any cost saving from switching.  Anyone else had this problem and found a solution?

many thanks for any help!

Keep_pedalling

Presumable you have 2 meters. Is it possible to serve your garage from the house meter?

Scot_39

Beware that could involve a disconnection charge to get rid of the seperate supply.

And the costs of a feed from house - even in air not cheap cf £200 annual charge - and underground over any distance will blow that away.

Amazed EOn actually only charge the one if two distinct supplies.

Some suppliers are afaik still charging 2 for 2 off one supply for legacy multitrate.

MWT

womble88 said:

Hi,

I live in an old property which has 2 MPANs and only one standing charge (one MPAN for house, one for garage block).  I am with Eon and finding it impossible to switch to another supplier (including Octopus) because they all insist on me having 2 standing charges which really negates any cost saving from switching.  Anyone else had this problem and found a solution?

many thanks for any help!

If the two supplies are completely separate then they are correct, you should be paying a separate standing charge for the garage.

Scot_39

Amazed Eon doing that especialky if distinct dno supply  - many still pay 2 if on same supply for legacy twin meter multirate in homes - I did years ago and that was with EOn.

And you would have to add dno disconnection costs as well as any costs to above suggestion to use house feed instead.

Not to mention cost of running cable to regs - high catenary support cable - has capped minimum heights - might be OK on short distance as cheap route  - underground with associated trench work expensive -  if not such a short distance 

And even that would likely limit power available to combined house and garage - power that might be needed in future eg for ashp or electric shower etc..

womble88

Thanks, so guess am stuck with Eon forever!  Yes there ere are 2 meters but it is one property, was always one standing charge since I bought the house in 2007.

QrizB

How much electricity does your garage use? Do you charge an EV or is it just lighting and the occasional power tool?

If usage is low, you could consider splitting the accounts and moving the garage to Utilita on their no-standing-charge tariff.

FLady

I had two related meters (two mpan s)
- one of which served the house and the other served the garage (but they were located next to each other in the garage area) - you can see my thread 

"Two Related Meters on a single rate tariff - being charged two standing charges"

on all I went thru with Octopus who did eventually admit I should only pay one charge and their engineer came and combined both meters for me  - they are still sorting out de energising one of the mpan numbers but getting there slowly

Rosie1001

I have 2mpan , one meter 

im with edf 

i  pay one standing charge only 

greyteam1959

My Dad had 2 MPAN's but because Eon could not fit a smart meter they refunded him one standing charge every month.

QrizB

I think there's a difference here.

If you have two MPANs because you're on one of those legacy heating tariffs (so both supplies feed the house, but one only runs eg. storage heaters), you can ask for one set of standing charges to be refunded. That's what FLady and Rosie1001 and greyteam1969 seem to have.

The OP has two MPANs because they have two completely separate supplies. One supply feeds the house, the second feds their garage. Somehow they've currently got them on a single energy account but I'd argue they should be separate.

@womble88 are the two meters physically in the same location, or is one in your house and one in your garage? If they are colocated it could be relatively straightforward to have the garage supply removed and converted into a circuit of your house supply. If they're not, it probably won't.