Should the Club put it's foot down?

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it does acheive the desired effect

wow what a statement, how do you know this for everyone, one two people write on here that it does and suddenly you write it does achieve the desired effect

and this is the thrust of the OP, keeping costs down

Really, have you read the OP's post. I though it was about saving resources and the planet nothing about keeping costs down.

 

thank you David

the club even thinks that a day or two at the NEC car park customers 'need' an electric supply, albeit at a vast cost which then translates into £40 a night parking.

What a user of such a site wants and what they need may not be the same BB? Many suppliers try and cater for what the majority of customers want in order to attract them or at least to fill available space.

I agree that £40 a night might seem high but I read that there are plenty of takers. I would not be one even if it were free a I have no interest in using such a site. Some obviously do. There are already choices in the modes of camping. I think that some sing the praises of C&CC temporary holiday sites which are great if that is what they want. I don't but I am happy that they are available for those that want them. 

Really, have you read the OP's post. I though it was about saving resources and the planet nothing about keeping costs down.

I think the post has a 2 pronged attack

a.it's good that over the last few years the Club has been moving towards being more aware of the needs of our planet and the care of it's environment.

b.And the rest of us can just shut up, stop whinge-ing on, and pay for their electricity wastage in our site fees.

surely b. infers that if we did not waste so much money on electricity by heating our awnings, then site fees might not be so high ?

not an avid reader of the clubs annual report but i am sure i recall somewhere that the cost of providing electricity to sites has increased again and you dont have to be an accountant to work out that this will surely lead to an increase in pitch fees. As much as i dislike meters in my opinion it does focus your mind on how much you use, a site i use in Spain has metered electricity, you get 7 kw per day as part of pitch fee averaged out over your stay, anything over 7kw you pay for, i think this would be an excellent model for the club to adopt, caravans/mh's are now chock full of electrical gadgets even down to beds that are raised and lowered and almost every unit now has a television, i dont have a telly but i do sometimes sit in my awning with a small heater on playing scrabble.   

 

We must stay on the wrong sort of sites in France, because we have yet to stay on one where the electricity is metred . Charged for as a separate item yes, metered  no. On this last trip of 17 sites in France, 3 had no power and the rest were either inclusive in the price, all Aires, or an additional charge all standard campsites.

Nice that you are backing the non use of club sites by those that huff and puff about what the club should do ,but would not affect them any way

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"A few notices in the gents" as has been, and for those of us who use club site tend to notice gets even more negative comments  about "the large ammount of notices on site"

i didnt write the op, but its obvious the thought behind 'banning awaning heaters' is to try and keep overall costs down by removing wasted energy.

after the initial forray of posts, other posters (perhaps with a wider experience of all types of site than yourself) have related their experiences where different approaches (including metering and lower amp supplies) have i fluence their usage....downwards.

drawing on those experiences, wherever they maybe, has little to do with how many club sites one visits, it merely shows that folk are happy to compare those experiences to their own club....and, yes, its as much my/their club as it is yours, im afraid.

i agree the reselling regs dont allow profiteering (a good thing) but its not there to prevent the sensible use/management of resources.

perhaps youre happy to see usage continue to rise (after all you've paid for it) and that any attempt to move towards an overall reduction in club electricity usage is 'impacting your holiday'.

perhaps you'd better ask the warden to take those 'please turn the lights off' notices?