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My meter belongs to the Electricity Board. Under the de-Regulation of the electricity board who does it belong to now?
Hi Roy
Thanks for your interesting question.
Your meter belongs to the company which is responsible for maintaining the energy networks in your region. For example: I live in the South of Scotland, Scottish Power are responsible for the electricity network in this area, so they own my electricity meter
Further to this. If you have a new supplier they may or may not install their own meter, therefore, your meter would belong to your new supplier
If you are asking for this information for any specific reason, such as a conflict of ownership of your meter. If you want to give me some more information, I may be able to advise further
Thanks Martin,
My energy supplier came to change my old mechanical meter with a forward power digital meter.
As I am fitted with solar panels the old meter, which goes backwards as well as forwards keeps me informed of my domestic consumption and what I export back to the Grid. As the replacement meter cannot give me this information I was hoping to keep the old meter fitted with the new one but I am evidently not allowed to.
Hi Roy
Thanks for shedding some more light on this for me. The meter for feed in tariff can work 2 ways. If you have only 1 meter, they estimate that you export 50% of electricity back to the grid.
Or, to get an exact measure, you would have 2 meters. One would measure your personal consumption, and the other, would measure what you put back to the grid. However, if you have a second meter, this is a chargeable item which you would pay a standing charge for, therefore, eliminating any actual savings.
All I can say is – Crazy isn’t it?
The logic behind the broad statement give above can be contradictory to two fundametal laws.
1. Energy is neither created or destroyed.
2. Kirkoffs second law that the total current flowing into a point is equal the total current flowing out. Being at the same voltage this equates to power as well as current.
My generation meter reads + 2759Kw, my electricity meter went from 4186 to 2713Kw reflecting an overall reverse power of 1467 Kw. From law 2 above my consumption has been 1292 Kw.
But according to the statement above I have consumed 1379Kw myself.
This is great because not only can my supply company not charge me for any electricity from them but they pay me for 1379Kw @ 3.1 p.
Controversial! Maybe we should take this up off line.
Thanks for your help.
Many thanks
Roy
I have received a letter telling me my Atlantic fixed tariff 3 ends on Jan 10. Do I have to wait until Jan 11 before switching or can I get on with switching now (so I don’t forget!) and ask the next provider to wait until the 11th before doing the switch?
Hi Anne
Atlantic pay you a rebate on the 13th month. I would wait until you receive your rebate. It amounts to about 8% of what you have paid for the previous 12 months. http://energy-advise.com/2011/01/07/atlantic-fixed-price-3-tariff/
Blimey! Thank you! Anne