Meter problem
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I suppose it depends which company you are with, he reads meters for two or three companies and the meters have to be read at times. Can't remember how often though.
Of course smart meters are different but I think he said they have to be checked sometimes too.
We are with a company that doesn't have meter readers but you have to give them readings sometimes. I'm trying to get back to our original company now.0 -
Why isn't she concerned to switch to a cheaper tariff? That, combined with accepting estimated billing and not reading her own meters, has contributed to this problem.
OP, you really need to post actual kWh usage figures from the last actual bill, and the one a year prior, to make any sense of this.No free lunch, and no free laptop
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Waterlily24 wrote: ». I'm trying to get back to our original company now.
Why ? Just because you have to read your meter ?Never pay on an estimated bill0 -
It's very rare for a meter reader to read any meter these days let alone twice a year.
Yeah that's pretty much untrue. You might not have had your meter read recently but we have definitely had our meter read pretty regularly for the past few years. I don't believe you when you say it's really rare.0 -
The only requirement is to read the meter every 2 years. I don't think EDF even manage that for my electricity meter.If it sticks, force it.
If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.0 -
Why ? Just because you have to read your meter ?
No because I keep getting emails saying I owe them money without having given them a meter reading. It was usually about £80 a month but one was £112, we used to pay them £80 a month but put it up to £100.
How would they know how much if anything we owe them without a meter reading. We aren't on a smart meter.
They did get in a muddle with our address and another house in the next road with the same name but a different postcode. I wonder if it's still a muddle lol.0 -
You putting your head in the sand isn't going to help varying DD. Read your meter and give your supplier some real figures to work with - you might even find the DD goes down.Never pay on an estimated bill0
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The only requirement is to read the meter every 2 years. I don't think EDF even manage that for my electricity meter.
The requirement to read meters once every two years was dropped by Ofgem in Apr 2016. The requirement now is that suppliers have to obtain a meter reading once every 12 months but the Licence Condition now longer stipulates how this has to be done.
A few weeks ago, I got a call from Lowri Beck asking me to give them a meter reading on behalf of a supplier that I left 8 months previously. Lowri Beck read meters on behalf of a number of suppliers. This was there way of obtaining a meter reading! I jokingly asked how much they were going to pay me to do their work?0 -
SSE read my solar panel readings every 6 months, it's when they are reading all meters in my area. So they read all meters here twice a year.
The required reading that has to be done every 2 years is outsourced to Morrison (Previously g4s) and they usually just phone me and ask for the readings, they then report to SSE that it was read by them on site, oh well....0
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