Smart Metering Trial

Agreed, but the starting point for those paying additionally for electric must be set at a reasonable level...the club seems to want its cake and eat it...🍰

How does 42p per kwh compare to suppliers 

The price seem comparable to electricity supplies by energy suppliers ,as the price charges per KWH incudes standing charge, and 5% VAT 

I wasn't referring to the unit price for the leccy... (I wouldn't be paying for any😉) I meant the pitch price prior to adding one's electric bill....

imho, this hasn't been reduced sufficiently to make going off grid at a club site viable.

I won't pay the usual club prices with electric (on principal, the VFM equation doesn't balance by a long way) but, if the non electric price were set reasonably (IMV) at say £5 lower than the full price, I'd consider trying a metered site, but not if the reduction is only going to be a pound or two.

I think this might have been mentioned before. It's a trial.

JK

Although with such unrealistic reductions, particularly in July, one could be forgiven for thinking it has been set up to fail.

CLs which are now using metering have reduced pitch prices by more than the Club are doing.

However, the ones we have looked at are making a flat rate reduction, not one depending on the time of year.

The one we will use in a few weeks time has reduced the pitch fee from £20 to £15 for a serviced hard standing ( no other facilities).     Unit price is to be about 30p.

Others are including say 6 or 10kWh in the pitch fee.

Since i i put my own view on here regarding the smart meters on sites and read the discussion replys , to me , i agree that the club want there cake and eat it , all the price increases over the years for what ever reasons and we members just pay it or find else where to go .

To me personally (and i know we have to get the feed back from the trial ) i think the pitch reduction and the unit cost , does not add up and i think it will mean another price increase come the end of a stay , more so come the school holidays , when some have 2 or 3 teenagers with them , and what about disabled peolple who may , in some cases , need to have an item plugged into the supply to assist them .

I am not totally against pitch metering , but another concern for me is not everyone has access to the internet , for what ever reason , so how would they go about setting an online account up , would it not be better to have a card system and put money on it when you get to the site and top it up through your stay , anything left on the card at the end of your stay could be used to start you going when you book another site . 

As a final thought , to me anyway , i just see this as a money making idea , as covid as ended , a lot more peole are going back abroad , hence the amount of used caravans avalible at the moment and that bookings have dropped off .

We’re at Wyatts Covert now, we’ve had 4 nights here.  
The site is full (FA Cup final / trooping the colour etc). 
So maybe some site reviews will feed through before too long.🙂