Is EHU metering a good investment?

Same for me at home and in my caravan if needed, and that's not the same as I'll use all the electric I can, it's using the electricity I need to enjoy my holiday. I refuse to come back to a cold caravan in winter after a day out.

Why have different suppliers, why not just have 1 supplier for the whole network. If it was just 1 supplier then the club could negotiate a rate for all the sites. Then the cost could be averaged out across the network the only difference would be the standing charge.

Standing charge,  like the SW we are amongst the highest in the UK as we are classed as remote, we are all of 7 miles from the SSEs headquarters, I could understand it if we were highland Perthshire but we are not.

"Why have different suppliers" is not a question I can answer nor, I suspect, can anyone else here. Best ask the energy suppliers or CAMC, TG👍🏻

Not asking you to Tinny, just suggesting there may be other ways of procuring electricity. It's something the club should be doing if they are not already doing it. 

Ah, right. It sure read like a question addressed to me. Again, it’s something to ask CAMC - perhaps it’s one for the next AGM. 🤔

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A couple of points.

Why not one supplier? - If you do a search for cheapest supplier I know pre-Ukraine conflict the results were very postcode specific. When we lived in Formby, my mothers cheapest supplier in Southport, about 8 miles away, would have been one of our most expensive.

Something deep in my grey matter tells me it was/is illegal to sell on electricity. This would appear to no longer be the case. 

I must admit though, that the idea of charging for electricity used to me seems very fair. 

Colin

Once electricity is metered there is a complete change of mindset over it's use. Spanish sites are predominantly metered and the one we are on charges 0.55 Euros per kWh (unit). Although there is also an option to prepay for 150 units a month at a lower price.

People use energy much more "considered". Gas is often used for heating. (LPG works out around 0.15 Euros per unit). 

You start to learn what you use to make the best decision. So I know our under-counter Dometic fridge uses 4 units per day; background usage is 1 unit per day.  Heating the awning costs 1.5 units  per hour; heating the van for 2 hours morning and 3 in the evening is 10 units; That's with nighttime temperatures above 10C and daytime around 18C; Imagine the usage in the UK with our temperatures.

Some commercial contracts in the UK have electricity at £1 a unit. It's not difficult to imagine a large van with full height fridge / freezer using £20 -  £30 of electricity a day.

Not being able to add a margin to pay for the infrastructure (Electricity regs) of meters is a huge problem but medium term I don't see there will be a choice.

Technology wise surely smart cards / phones loading money on and off the bollard is the way to go, not involving any payments and additional "touch-points" with the wardens.

Some commercial contracts in the UK have electricity at £1 a unit. It's not difficult to imagine a large van with full height fridge / freezer using £20 - £30 of electricity a day.

I think your usage is a bit of an exaggeration.  I have such a fridge in my motorhome and when I over wintered in Spain my consumption was 4Kwh per day running the fridge, battery charger and boiling the occasional kettle. Space and water heating was using gas.

I also think sites can charge for electricity supply infrastucture including meters to recover the capital cost over the anticipated life time of the equipment. It is only usage that profit is not allowed. Approved meters are usually guaranteed accurate for up to 20 years before it is recommended they are replaced.

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