UK sites with metered electricity

I'm only quoting my own experiances JVB. Of course there are always questions to be asked about metering. Remote reading and card accounts comes to mind on larger sites. It also might even be the scenario that savings on usage help towards the set up costs?

On smaller sites it will certainly reduce power usage and overheads, hopefully reducing the pitch costs in the long run and extending opening times. If, for instance, popular CLs want to remain open through the winter months this might be of use.

Is the print done remotely. or has some one read the meter or do you read it on departure?

I expect the club gets even more of a nasty surprise with it's present utility bills! 

Drove Lea Farm

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Blossom Touring Caravan and Camping

Peedee

 obviously not ... but brue specifically said 'put money in the meter' .... there's only the one coin meter that I can think of, unless you can think of others .... 🤷‍♂️

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Although probably about 75% of the sites I use are Club sites I have never come across metering in this country. It is quite widely used in Germany. 

I don't know if ET's question is linked to the question asked at the AGM about metering? Just in case it is I have copied the question and answer below.

Q) In light of the green agenda and the ever-rising price of electricity, will the Club continue to offer members unlimited (and unmetered) electricity when they book a pitch with EHU, or will the club move to some form of metering in the foreseeable future?

A) The fairest way to charge for electricity usage would be based on consumption, and this would also likely influence usage levels from a sustainability perspective. Unfortunately, the cost of infrastructure and subsequent monitoring and payment mechanisms are significantly cost prohibitive at this time. Having said this, the Club is constantly reviewing the technology and opportunities in this space in order to identify cost effective ways of being able to deliver this type of arrangement in the future.

David

That’s interesting PD. The Blossom Touring Park looks to be a site with over 100  pitches so shows that metering is not confined to CLs and small sites .And  as that site has been running meters for about ten years it might be one for the Club to talk to if they are ever inclined to experiment with meters on one of their own sites. 

I often wonder, and a serious question here, do people who advocate mertering do this for any other stay or it is just reserved for (club) caravan sites? 

Do they have the same views when staying at hotels, B&B, glamping cabins, cruse ships, holiday cottages?

I always stay all inclusive on further afield holidays and I never think that the table next to be is eating more than me, or having too many drinks at the pool bar, or I am somehow paying for other's people food, drink, heat...