My mum works at a shop, which had 3 phase when they moved in, and has ever since, about 5 years. However, they were getting 3 standing charges as they had 3 meters.
An electrician told the store owner that they dont need 3 phase (its mainly lighting load, about 12 rooms over 4 storeys, and theres lots of windows so its rare they use the lights). There are no 3 phase loads.
So for the last year they have been trying to get the 3 meters removed and just have one. Apparently one meter was paid to scottish power, and the other two british gas. How that came about nobody knows. So the owner arranged it so that in one morning, scottish power would remove their meter, and in the afternoon BG would remove one of theirs and connect all loads to the remaining meter. However she was told she'd need an electrician for the final connection, as they cannot touch her installation. Fair enough.
The day came and a meterplus man came. He removed all 3 meters and fitted a new one, in an hour, and connected all loads to the one meter. No electrician required. I'm guessing he had both jobs on his PDA and therefore decided to do them both at once. She wasted money having an electrician on site.
Why the hell did they privatise the electricity supply industry??? There seems to be a complete lack of communication, and it doesn't help that everything is sub contracted to the likes of meterplus etc! And you end up with situations like this where a premises pays one bill to one company, and another bill to someone else, for the same supply!
An electrician told the store owner that they dont need 3 phase (its mainly lighting load, about 12 rooms over 4 storeys, and theres lots of windows so its rare they use the lights). There are no 3 phase loads.
So for the last year they have been trying to get the 3 meters removed and just have one. Apparently one meter was paid to scottish power, and the other two british gas. How that came about nobody knows. So the owner arranged it so that in one morning, scottish power would remove their meter, and in the afternoon BG would remove one of theirs and connect all loads to the remaining meter. However she was told she'd need an electrician for the final connection, as they cannot touch her installation. Fair enough.
The day came and a meterplus man came. He removed all 3 meters and fitted a new one, in an hour, and connected all loads to the one meter. No electrician required. I'm guessing he had both jobs on his PDA and therefore decided to do them both at once. She wasted money having an electrician on site.
Why the hell did they privatise the electricity supply industry??? There seems to be a complete lack of communication, and it doesn't help that everything is sub contracted to the likes of meterplus etc! And you end up with situations like this where a premises pays one bill to one company, and another bill to someone else, for the same supply!
