Smart Metering Trial

I suppose initially that members not familiar with metering could react rather like many did when domestic electricity prices went through the roof. I think I would rather use my own facilities, even if it does cost a bit more, than having go to the site facilities. As I have said before everyone is concentrating on the £1 a night reduction but conveniently forgetting that later in the year the site price reduction is much bigger. I somehow imagine the pitch price reductions are not set in stone and could change as more information becomes available?

David

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It would indeed DD. 

David....I would think that the months when the reduction is only £1 or £2 are also the months when sites are busiest, so more people will be getting only small reductions.

Those of us who are aware of what we use have said that £1 will go nowhere near covering even very modest use as in fridge and charger, never mind any HW or cooking, but without knowing the unit price, as DD has said, we are totally in the dark as to how bad the extra cost might be.

This information needs to be provided so people can make an informed choice.

Totally agree DD. We have a whole page of blurb about the trial but nothing on cost, other than they are going to be higher than domestic ones. Given that the trial is due to start shortly there doesn’t seem to be a good reason for this, other than that it is likely to be unpalatably high.

I think it is going to be a personal decision for most folks about how useful, cost effective using metered electric bollards is going to be. A lot will depend on your outfit, your time spent on site, and of course personal preferences around how you tour.

If you like Club Sites, and it’s your first choice, then at the very least it might make more folks think a bit more around how much energy they use, which is no bad thing from a green perspective.

If you happily and comfortably tour off grid for either the whole or part of your holiday, I don’t think the discounts offered are enough, possibly they might have been if they had been at one of the non facility Sites still offering a one basic price visit, but these are no more. 

 

Unless I haven’t found the information it would seem people trying to book at WC from when the trial begins, are booking in the dark. They have no idea what they might be paying. Hardly fair.

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You will be even more in pocket using a no hook up CL or Britstop DD👍 

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