I have a question about construction power.
The connection cabinet is located at the property boundary, where the temporary power box with a meter is connected. In this case, is one dependent on an (expensive) basic supply, or can you easily choose a different, cheaper electricity provider, like Yello, Vattenfall, etc.?
Since there is a meter number, there shouldn’t be any obstacles, right? Has anyone done this before?
Thanks!
The connection cabinet is located at the property boundary, where the temporary power box with a meter is connected. In this case, is one dependent on an (expensive) basic supply, or can you easily choose a different, cheaper electricity provider, like Yello, Vattenfall, etc.?
Since there is a meter number, there shouldn’t be any obstacles, right? Has anyone done this before?
Thanks!
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Mottenhausen17 May 2019 10:14Shell construction phase, until the house electrical system is ready for the final meter to be connected. We registered in March, and according to the current schedule, the regular electricity meter will be installed by July/August at the latest. So about half a year, no prefabricated house.
For us, it was about 4 months, but the construction electricity was more of a background noise in the costs. Hardly any real electricity was used, just the mason’s saw and a few small things.
Real electricity consumption only started with the proper meter. That was about 400 kWh for the screed heating and 400 kWh for the construction dryers. This was with a switched standard tariff.
Real electricity consumption only started with the proper meter. That was about 400 kWh for the screed heating and 400 kWh for the construction dryers. This was with a switched standard tariff.
Ah, got it. I had assumed that temporary construction power would also be charged for heating the screed floor. So this will be done with the household electricity, and then it would be possible to switch providers again once the household electricity is running.
Thank you very much!
Thank you very much!
I had a real experience last week regarding construction electricity...
I took over a shell construction with a construction electricity meter installed – but it was locked, and the seller didn’t have the key at hand during handover. Therefore, the reading was taken from an additional intermediate meter.
I then transferred the utilities into my name... or so I thought. Last week, while I was talking with the civil engineer, a man from the municipal utility company showed up. He was there to disconnect the electricity because the seller hadn’t paid the bill. He agreed to read the meter and asked me to come to the office to sort things out.
It turned out the form I had filled out was only for water... mea culpa... However, they couldn’t trace the meter reading from the handover since the meter wasn’t read then.
The suggestion from the employee to the service staff was: registration effective from last week, since he had the meter reading; the previous consumption would remain the seller’s responsibility as a receivable (and I had been running a 9kW (about 30,700 Btu/h) electric heater for some time...).
I didn’t receive construction electricity but was put on a regular tariff instead (apparently, this option isn’t available for private customers; my site manager just said: hurry, sign it!!), and for my apartment, he even applied a cheaper tariff retrospectively. I felt well treated all in all.
I took over a shell construction with a construction electricity meter installed – but it was locked, and the seller didn’t have the key at hand during handover. Therefore, the reading was taken from an additional intermediate meter.
I then transferred the utilities into my name... or so I thought. Last week, while I was talking with the civil engineer, a man from the municipal utility company showed up. He was there to disconnect the electricity because the seller hadn’t paid the bill. He agreed to read the meter and asked me to come to the office to sort things out.
It turned out the form I had filled out was only for water... mea culpa... However, they couldn’t trace the meter reading from the handover since the meter wasn’t read then.
The suggestion from the employee to the service staff was: registration effective from last week, since he had the meter reading; the previous consumption would remain the seller’s responsibility as a receivable (and I had been running a 9kW (about 30,700 Btu/h) electric heater for some time...).
I didn’t receive construction electricity but was put on a regular tariff instead (apparently, this option isn’t available for private customers; my site manager just said: hurry, sign it!!), and for my apartment, he even applied a cheaper tariff retrospectively. I felt well treated all in all.
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