ᐅ Changing or Choosing Your Temporary Construction Power Supplier
Created on: 16 May 2017 15:42
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Hoeffa
Hello community,
We have now had temporary construction power for one month and are being supplied by the “basic service” from E.On. E.On is known to not be the cheapest. Has anyone here ever switched the supplier during the construction power phase? I am allowed to cancel every 14 days and have already found some providers that are 5 cents per kWh cheaper and also allow cancellation every two weeks (which is important).
I was also a bit surprised by the unexpectedly high electricity consumption in the first 4 weeks. It was 581 kWh. The shell of the ground floor including the ceiling is complete, there is no crane on site (ceiling installed with a mobile crane). So basically, only bricks were cut and concrete mixed. However, there is a construction trailer from the general contractor on site, which was heated during the first days of April since it was still quite cold then. You wouldn’t necessarily want to forbid that, although I would have preferred working warmed up myself :-P
Anyway, now we are naturally wondering how much electricity will still be used up in the next 5 months, especially once the work really gets going.
Thanks for tips and information!
We have now had temporary construction power for one month and are being supplied by the “basic service” from E.On. E.On is known to not be the cheapest. Has anyone here ever switched the supplier during the construction power phase? I am allowed to cancel every 14 days and have already found some providers that are 5 cents per kWh cheaper and also allow cancellation every two weeks (which is important).
I was also a bit surprised by the unexpectedly high electricity consumption in the first 4 weeks. It was 581 kWh. The shell of the ground floor including the ceiling is complete, there is no crane on site (ceiling installed with a mobile crane). So basically, only bricks were cut and concrete mixed. However, there is a construction trailer from the general contractor on site, which was heated during the first days of April since it was still quite cold then. You wouldn’t necessarily want to forbid that, although I would have preferred working warmed up myself :-P
Anyway, now we are naturally wondering how much electricity will still be used up in the next 5 months, especially once the work really gets going.
Thanks for tips and information!
R
R.Hotzenplotz31 Mar 2018 23:40ypg schrieb:
I believe you HAVE to use the basic utility provider anyway.That was my assumption so far as well. Today, however, Rheinenergie contacted me saying they have stepped in under the backup supply because we do not have a supplier yet. Strange, since we actually received the meter from them. Now they write that the network operator informed them about the electricity connection...
So, should I just ignore this and continue as is?
R
R.Hotzenplotz2 Apr 2018 10:34Why shouldn’t I have seen this coming? It should be obvious to everyone that temporary construction power is not free. However, I was not aware that you can use a different supplier than the utility company for it.
@Egon12 I understand your point. But how many people rush after supermarket weekly deals just because yogurt is 3 cents cheaper? And then suddenly, amounts like 150€ or 500€ here and there are considered insignificant and are expected to be accepted without question? I agree that it’s better not to argue with anyone here, but such a question should still be allowed. If “very often” an extra 500€ comes up, eventually the agreed credit limit will be reached.