Hello,
Today I found out that two electricity meters are planned to be installed in our new single-family house:
One for general household electricity and
one for heating electricity for the heat pump.
Our electrician wants to install the latter because he believes that heating electricity is cheaper than electricity for other consumption.
Unfortunately, there is no cheaper heating electricity available in our town, and I want to keep my existing electricity contract with EON, which I signed at Media Markt with a rate of 30 cents/kWh, and use it in the new house to bill both household and heating electricity.
According to EON, I can only bill one meter with this contract.
Within the next five years, a photovoltaic system is planned to be installed. At that time, I will definitely need a second meter.
Therefore, my question is:
Is it better to have only one meter installed now to cover current needs?
Or should the second meter be installed right away for the future photovoltaic system, even if it remains unused for the first few years?
For such an unused second meter, is there only an annual meter rental fee of about 20 euros, or am I required to have a separate electricity contract for that meter with a corresponding fixed monthly fee?
Unfortunately, I received many different answers to these questions today.
Today I found out that two electricity meters are planned to be installed in our new single-family house:
One for general household electricity and
one for heating electricity for the heat pump.
Our electrician wants to install the latter because he believes that heating electricity is cheaper than electricity for other consumption.
Unfortunately, there is no cheaper heating electricity available in our town, and I want to keep my existing electricity contract with EON, which I signed at Media Markt with a rate of 30 cents/kWh, and use it in the new house to bill both household and heating electricity.
According to EON, I can only bill one meter with this contract.
Within the next five years, a photovoltaic system is planned to be installed. At that time, I will definitely need a second meter.
Therefore, my question is:
Is it better to have only one meter installed now to cover current needs?
Or should the second meter be installed right away for the future photovoltaic system, even if it remains unused for the first few years?
For such an unused second meter, is there only an annual meter rental fee of about 20 euros, or am I required to have a separate electricity contract for that meter with a corresponding fixed monthly fee?
Unfortunately, I received many different answers to these questions today.
KingJulien10 Oct 2022 21:24So far, I don’t have a meter for total electricity consumption, at least not myself. It’s only broken down into heating and domestic hot water. But there’s nothing for the distribution panel, ventilation, or control systems.
KingJulien10 Oct 2022 21:25Fuchur schrieb:
Often, only heat quantity meters are used, from whose data the electricity consumption is then "calculated," which makes it quite inaccurate. I think, in my case, it’s actually the other way around.
My Dimplex has heat meters for heating, domestic hot water, and brine. The calculated consumption values are about 10% lower than those I now measure with a calibrated electricity meter. I find the very high standby consumption, which is constantly present, particularly interesting.
Jasmin schrieb:
We have two connections: one for the household electricity and one for the heat pump. There is a discounted electricity contract, but the supply is interrupted twice a day. The photovoltaic system is integrated with a cascade switching system.The same applies to us as well, with the basic utility provider at around 16 cents/kWh and the supply company interrupting once a day for 1-2 hours.
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WilderSueden10 Oct 2022 23:00Sandra.M85 schrieb:
Is it better to install only one meter for current needs? I only wanted one meter. The second meter adds a fixed basic charge, and the second contract also comes with a fixed basic charge. You have to save that extra cost first with cheaper electricity. We expect about 700-800 kWh of heating electricity, and the photovoltaic system also contributes somewhat, which I currently find hard to estimate. So the price difference would have to be quite significant to make two meters advantageous. Also, I don’t like the disconnection by the grid operator.
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