We have had our old storage heaters removed and replaced with oil central
heating. NPower are now insisting on a Certificate of Compliance before
they will change our old economy 10 meter to economy 7. British Gas who
removed the heaters state that this is not necessary as we are reducing our
load.Has any one else had this problem?

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On 17/10/2016 20:44, Q Hill wrote:
We have had our old storage heaters removed and replaced with oil central
heating. NPower are now insisting on a Certificate of Compliance
before they will change our old economy 10 meter to economy 7. British
Gas who
removed the heaters state that this is not necessary as we are reducing
our
load.Has any one else had this problem?


I don't know about economy 10 prices, but are you sure you will use
enough night time power to justify economy 7?

I did find that the cost of changing a meter does depend on the
electricity supplier.

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Michael Chare

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On Monday, 17 October 2016 20:44:03 UTC+1, Q Hill wrote:
We have had our old storage heaters removed and replaced with oil central
heating. NPower are now insisting on a Certificate of Compliance before
they will change our old economy 10 meter to economy 7. British Gas who
removed the heaters state that this is not necessary as we are reducing our
load.Has any one else had this problem?

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You need to remember with economy X, sure they charge less for night units but more for day units than standard tariff.
So if you night use is very low, you may be better off without cheap night electricity.

Michael Chare wrote:

On 17/10/2016 20:44, Q Hill wrote:
We have had our old storage heaters removed and replaced with oil central
heating. NPower are now insisting on a Certificate of Compliance
before they will change our old economy 10 meter to economy 7. British
Gas who
removed the heaters state that this is not necessary as we are reducing
our
load.Has any one else had this problem?


I don't know about economy 10 prices, but are you sure you will use
enough night time power to justify economy 7?

I did find that the cost of changing a meter does depend on the
electricity supplier.

And unfortunately very few suppliers are prepared to commit themselves
to the mind-blowingly complex arithmetic involved in charging a normal
tariff to someone with an economy 7 meter.


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Roger Hayter