Hi I realise this is not the most fantastically interesting question for a Friday afternoon but....just got a letter saying my electric meter is being exchanged for a new 'smart' or OnStream one. Does this mean that the new meter will start at Zero?
By some magic power I have paid no electricity since June since I switched suppliers (I am hopefully lost in the big computers at British Gas) and if this new meter starts at zero and the old one is defunct I am really hoping that will wipe my usage history and it means they can't backdate bill me when they finally workout I've never paid them a penny!
Thanks
Josephine
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2007-03-16 01:29:15 · 3 answers · asked by sweetpsychosis 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
I've just had mine changed yesterday and they just transfer the amount from your old meter to your new one.
So if i were you huni I'd find that key, dust it off and leg it to the shop with a fiver and get something on it!
If you've got the old meter on a rig i'd take that out before the engineer turns up. They tend to get a bit stroppy about things like that.
As for a bill i wouldn't worry about it too much they did exactly the same thing about 10 years ago in my old flat. I had the same problem as you and never heard anything.
But then i did put some money on the meter just before they came round so there was no reason to question it i suppose.
Good luck hun.
2007-03-16 01:36:12 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The electric company probably made a record of where your old meter left off at, and that number will be applied to your record of billing. Don't be surprised if you get a bill that makes up for the time you weren't billed.
2007-03-19 10:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by joshnya68 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest that you call the power company and ask them to get your records straightened out already. Then pay them what you owe, and be done with it already.
They can bill you whenever they feel like it, even if they lost your records and then recovered them. It's easy enough to figure out approximately how much power you've used and, at least in the United States, the law typically rules that you must pay the utility company's estimated charges.
2007-03-16 08:37:49 · answer #3 · answered by 2n2222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋