Nonsense from Energy Australia

[Sylvia Else]

I'm moving house soon, and was arranging for an electricity supply at
the new place.

The consultant said that because a time-of-use meter is installed at the
house, I'd have to accept a time-of-use tariff.

Self-serving garbage - all they need to do is add the readings for the
different periods together, and apply a non-time-of-use tariff to them.

Sylvia.

 

[Phil Allison]

F Murtz wrote:

Whatever you do, if the place has an existing meter, photograph the
readings at settlement date or they will try to charge you for previous use.
They did with me and I had the devils own time fixing it as there is no
way of visiting the supplier as in the past to show them a photo,

** You can email a JPEG to your supplier.

The date must be credible however.


.... Phil

 

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:50:20 +1100, Sylvia Else
<sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:

I'm moving house soon, and was arranging for an electricity supply at
the new place.

The consultant said that because a time-of-use meter is installed at the
house, I'd have to accept a time-of-use tariff.

Self-serving garbage - all they need to do is add the readings for the
different periods together, and apply a non-time-of-use tariff to them.

Ombudsman time?
If it were me, I'd spend the money and go off the grid (assuming the
council doesnt have a problem with that).

 

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:57:57 +1100, Sylvia Else
<sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:

On 6/01/2016 12:51 PM, Je?us wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:50:20 +1100, Sylvia Else
sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:

I'm moving house soon, and was arranging for an electricity supply at
the new place.

The consultant said that because a time-of-use meter is installed at the
house, I'd have to accept a time-of-use tariff.

Self-serving garbage - all they need to do is add the readings for the
different periods together, and apply a non-time-of-use tariff to them.

Ombudsman time?

More trouble that it's worth. It's not a fixed term contract. Once I
move in, I'll get the thing changed.

Oh okay, not quite so bad if you can have it changed later (for a
substantial fee of course).

If it were me, I'd spend the money and go off the grid (assuming the
council doesnt have a problem with that).

Going off grid where the grid is available is totally uneconomic, with
or without time-of-use metering.

Yes, it's uneconomic in the short term, but at least you are no longer
at the mercy of the energy suppliers. For some people the cost is a
secondary concern, for most it's always going to be the priority.
Each to their own.

 

[Sylvia Else]

On 6/01/2016 12:51 PM, Je�us wrote:

On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:50:20 +1100, Sylvia Else
sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote:

I'm moving house soon, and was arranging for an electricity supply at
the new place.

The consultant said that because a time-of-use meter is installed at the
house, I'd have to accept a time-of-use tariff.

Self-serving garbage - all they need to do is add the readings for the
different periods together, and apply a non-time-of-use tariff to them.

Ombudsman time?

More trouble that it's worth. It's not a fixed term contract. Once I
move in, I'll get the thing changed.

If it were me, I'd spend the money and go off the grid (assuming the
council doesnt have a problem with that).

Going off grid where the grid is available is totally uneconomic, with
or without time-of-use metering.

Sylvia.

 

[Trevor Wilson]

On 6/01/2016 3:53 PM, Phil Allison wrote:

F Murtz wrote:


Whatever you do, if the place has an existing meter, photograph the
readings at settlement date or they will try to charge you for previous use.
They did with me and I had the devils own time fixing it as there is no
way of visiting the supplier as in the past to show them a photo,


** You can email a JPEG to your supplier.

The date must be credible however.

**I'd be surprised that they accept .jpg files, as they can easily be
faked. My local council only accepts .RAW files or 35mm film photos as
hard evidence.

--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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[F Murtz]

Sylvia Else wrote:

I'm moving house soon, and was arranging for an electricity supply at
the new place.

The consultant said that because a time-of-use meter is installed at the
house, I'd have to accept a time-of-use tariff.

Self-serving garbage - all they need to do is add the readings for the
different periods together, and apply a non-time-of-use tariff to them.

Sylvia.

Whatever you do, if the place has an existing meter, photograph the
readings at settlement date or they will try to charge you for previous use.
They did with me and I had the devils own time fixing it as there is no
way of visiting the supplier as in the past to show them a photo,ended
up with the ombudsman and told him I had photos and he fixed it with the
supplier.

 

[F Murtz]

Phil Allison wrote:

F Murtz wrote:


Whatever you do, if the place has an existing meter, photograph the
readings at settlement date or they will try to charge you for previous use.
They did with me and I had the devils own time fixing it as there is no
way of visiting the supplier as in the past to show them a photo,


** You can email a JPEG to your supplier.

The date must be credible however.


... Phil

Went through that and found ombudsman far easier option.