Smart Metering Trial

If the cost per KW hour is going to be higher than the domestic rate, at only £1 reduction in July I would doubt your conclusion.  We would only have the fridge and battery charger on plus  minimal hot water heating. If that costs only a pound per day I would be amazed.

That sort of makes sense, I'm trying to get my head round it, but like Steve says £1 seems too small a reduction. At that price it is not worth it. Even at home rates just with fridge, battery charging and boiling a kettle I would use more than £1's worth. I think it is worth noting that before the inclusive price had to be introduced back round about 2003 the Club always charged a flat rate for EHU!

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The reductions are averaged by month but if you consider the smaller reductions to be insufficient, you must conclude that a rise in pitch fees is the result. I make no such judgement in the absence of a full explanation from CAMC.

Varying the price reduction according to time of year is surely a fairer way to do this than was the charging of a flat rate, whether separate or inclusive, irrespective of the seasonal variations.

Thanks👍🏻, but I was alluding to the many calls from paying members for clarity & information, only to be sarcastically attacked by paying members when the information is supplied by(in this case) KieranBSMM & also many times by Rowena. 

I agree with you that varying the pitch price by time of year is fairest, however if we stayed in July, I would have to conclude that for us at least, it would almost certainly amount to a price rise. Since we have had the MH we are by no means above average users of electricity, especially in Summer. We no longer have any electric appliances such as kettle / toaster, so would only be heating a bit of water in the Truma in addition to running the fridge and battery charger.

I don’t really understand why the discount is £2 in August when climatic conditions are similar.

It’s a bachelors degree in marketing👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

August = school hols with sites fuller and more folk/children per unit which meant in the past electricity use was higher than in July. Therefore, the compensatory reduction to be given in Aug is higher than that in July when, historically, usage was lower. It’s not only climate that affects usage. That’s just my understanding of it mind.

So far I don’t believe they have bothered to introduce themselves, so we can only assume they are a club employee.🤔 Not a very good start.

I disagree SL, the fact they help is enough, the fact they are there is enough. Not everyone was trained in the art of last century open doors. I know why they help but they don’t open doors for others to stick their foot in. Younger folk are brought up to know how bad it is to open up too much to strangers. The main reason older folk are preyed upon by scammers is the fact they are too trusting with their personal information. Everyone should be more cautions. I fully endorse the modern attitude, its survival.