UK sites with metered electricity

Ditto

Dakota Park CL has meters.  You get a fixed amount in your fee, and pay for the rest. (I cant remember how much was included).  They have installed those to existing power posts this year.  I dont know what they had to do to do that.  We stayed in September, used our normal electricity for hot water.  Cooking was with gas.  The mornings were a bit chilly once or twice so we did use the electricity for a bit of heating - but not much.  We came within our allocation.

The meter was read at start and finish, and we were shown.

Personally I do think electricity should be metered.  I think we should pay for what we use.

The owner of this site and us had quite a long conversation about the various costs of running the CL and what costs CL owners were seeing increase.  For example, their insurance had rocketed in price.

On smart meters, we do have one.  We got it so that we could take advantage of additional electricity rates - such as 4 hours 2.30am to 6.30am at 5p a unit.  Use it for charging the car, heating the water, starting off the washing machine.  The presence of the meter doesnt make us change our habits - its the price plan we are on that does that.  We also have solar.

This discussion has made me think, given all that has come (or not come) from the COP 26 then maybe it is time for the CAMC to meter their electricity. We have all experienced or heard of members who heat their awnings, open doors because the heating in the van has got too warm, etc, or don’t think of how much electricity they are using because, ‘they have paid for it’. Given global warming maybe now is the time for meters. We have been members for many many years and I do seem to remember meters at one time, or maybe I’m mistaken and that wasn’t the Caravan Club.

If CAMC want to reduce the electricity bill then they could reduce the amperage to the pitch to say 6amps. 

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Another move that could help re consumption. We have been on a few CLs where fellow visitors have tripped bollards more than once because they simply don’t or won’t consider how much power they are consuming. Upping the available amperage panders to the profligate. 

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I'm going to adopt this approach to reducing my electricity usage!

That would probably cost too much.

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That would probably alienate about 90% of members? Working with a lower amperage is fine in the summer but as the Club encourages people to use their vans all year round it wouldn't work. OK I know people can use gas but as most people are struggling to find gas supplies at the moment it would put a lot off. If the question is how do you reduce electricity consumption on sites the answer is probably to have a metered supply. Those that use it the most pay for what they use and those that use very little or alternatives, would pay very little. 

David