Half Hourly Meter Removal

j k s said:

I have a half hourly electric meter set at 90kva.
I use 3000 kw hours per year of electricity in total mainly grain drying/elevators which is used between July and October but find the standing charges eye watering.
I have drawn a blank regarding getting the meter shifted back to a standard one.
Any advice would be helpful to help me acheve this

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Bob said:

What Standing Charge price are you paying. Just been quoted £56 per day for 60kva capacity
Old contract was £1.50 a day

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Badshot said:

The standing charges are eye watering. You won't get away from it though, unless you go off grid and use a generator (which should be on derv of course)

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steveR said:

Even for a purely Ag operation in a grain drying and store shed?

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steveR said:

Even for a purely Ag operation in a grain drying and store shed?

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Badshot said:

But a diesel engines fan would be fine of course.

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Exfarmer said:

I believe you can use red diesel in a generator provided the use is purely agricultural. It is certainly allowed in other uses such as hospitals etc. For emergency generators there is certainly a get out as fuel in the tank is exempt if it had not been used by the deadline
itb is most definitely not allowed if the farmhouse is hooked up

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steveR said:

Guess it would be an email to HMRC to get a definitive answer to this one.

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Exfarmer said:

The chance of being dipped is so remote.

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Exfarmer said:

The chance of being dipped is so remote.

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Badshot said:

The standing charges are eye watering. You won't get away from it though, unless you go off grid and use a generator (which should be on derv of course)

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Bob said:

What Standing Charge price are you paying. Just been quoted £56 per day for 60kva capacity
Old contract was £1.50 a day

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