Smart Metering Trial

Pliers

so the club estimate that you would use more electricity per day in May than I will use in July! Which long range weather forecast are they going with?
what will the January discount be????

In these times ….

It is very long overdue for the crazy CMC ‘unlimited 16Amp Electric’ supply situation to just end for Commercial & Environmental reasons. It merely encourages wastage and over consumption. 

I have no issue in paying for all the Electric I choose to use in addition to my Pitch fee - it just seems a very sensible & fair for all arrangement. 

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I wonder if holiday cottages and static caravan sites will move to metered units ? , 

We last used a metered cottage around 2016. We knew before hand it operated this method, and found it no issue at all. Next time we stayed, it had been changed, and the meter was out. Middle of Dartmoor, down a lane even our tiny MH couldn’t reach, but perfect with a Jeep. It’s our go to escape when we get the chance. Log burning stove, free logs, all recycled from fallen trees. 😁

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Maybe they don’t know the price because it’s being supplied by “our trusted Smart Meter partner” and that’s the reason you have to sign up with them?

My sister and BIL have a share in a holiday house which supports a steam railway company, it's used year round by the supporters and it's metered with coins. They don't have a say in which week/2weeks they get and if they get a winter week they need a lot of coins! The system being trialled by CAMC should be a lot easier to use but some will probably still get a shock at the costs.

I previously mentioned a caravan  site in Devon which is using meters on it's "super" pitches I would imagine there are more considering the idea.

We've booked a holiday cottage where we only get the first night of logs free. But it does have a new to us eco heating system. I suppose we'll all be adapting to new energy usage and costs.

Are coin meters still a thing🤷🏻‍♂️😱. I can see the whole nostalgia thing for folk that hark back to a bygone age but it’s a serious faff. If I have to pay by folding money I leave the jangly bits on the counter suggesting they dispose of it at their own discretion.

Not so much coin meters Rocky, but many households have pre payment meters installed, where they top up a card that goes into the meter. So they have to make sure there’s credit on the card. Hugely controversial, they tend to be in rental accommodation, and the tariff is usually higher than a non pre payment option. It’s a different world for the folks that live a lot closer to the poverty threshold than anyone likely to be a Club Member. This is shall I cook a meal, or shall I keep warm territory☹️ The theory is that if you prepay your usage, you won’t run up a big debt as might happen if folks don’t pay a monthly bill. So it’s pay up, or the lights go out and the gas goes off.