I certainly couldn't do it as I'm only the tenant. Plus, the standard meter isn't standard prices - the whole system is on a different charging tariff - called Comfort Plus. Plus, despite my moaning, I'd probably only save about £30-£50 a year at most. I guess it's just the stupidity of the system and the decision of the housebuilder to install it in the flats block as standard that annoys me.cwathen wrote:Whether or not the average Joe can do all of this is irrelevant, but the fact remains that any qualified electrician will have no problem in carrying out whatever work is necessary to deal with the wiring issues of changing from two meters to one; therefore my point still stands that their is no practical reason to refuse a change of supplier on the grounds of the particulars of your meter installation- it's just legal issues which prevent it, and OFGEN should have dealt with them by now.
There's no doubt that you would easily be able to change to a one meter setup if you wanted to pay for the work. You'd of course have to tell the distributor as you would need to let them know you're getting rid of a meter and supply number etc. Also that you're changing tariff. The issue is that you can't change supplier with the exisiting set up - change setup and you could change supplier easily.
