Our house has 2 electricity meters - will we get two £400 discounts?

[SelkieSeal]

House is very old and rambling, and at some point was divided up for two households. We bought it as one property (council tax is for one property too). But there are two electricity meters under the stairs that each supply different bits of the house and different outbuildings. We supply meter readings for both meters and pay two bills, I know that's barking and we are currently trying to get them removed and replaced by a single meter but it turns out that's actually more complicated than you might think

But it's just occured to me - will both meters get the energy discount applied to them?

We have the same set up and I think we will get two payments. Planning to donate one of them.

AFAIK, the discount is paid into your power account directly, so yes.

Who gets a discount?

Per household
not Meter

Yes I get that it's per household but thats based on an assumption each that household has one electricity meter.... Our meters are billed separately (incurring two lots of blooming standing charges ) and at some point two separate households were responsible for them. Its only just occured to me and obviously I won't be complaining or outraged if we don't get two discounts but I'm curious! As it suits the energy company fine to insist they are two separate supplies when they are charging us double standing charges

I think if you're paying two standing charges you'll get two payments. Call it compensation for having to pay extra.

It will come directly off your bill if you pay by dd so in that case yes you probably will unless someone is joined up enough to override it.

I think you will get two as well.

What a nightmare, paying two standing charges.

They've just put the standing charge up to 50.21p a bloody day as well

But we only have one account - and get sent two separate bills for the same account, for two separate meters each with their own meter number. So who knows.

I think if they have their own accounts then you should, maybe you can put the money towards getting it sorted?! Paying two lots of standing charges is crap!!

@SelkieSeal

Oh if it's only one account I don't think you will, sorry.

@gogohmm everyone is getting £400 on their energy account (Oct I think). Not means tested & will be on pay as you go as well.

So we only have one actual account with the energy company, but via that account we have to supply two lots of meter readings and get billed separately for each meter...

Why do you have two out of pure nosiness

My understanding is per household. Ie per address

We also have two meters and two bills for one house (old house divided into apartments and we reinstated it back to one dwelling but it was too complicated for the power company to put us on one meter). Interested in the answer!

She explained why in her first post.

if you’re paying 2 standing charges, you bloody well deserve 2 payments!!

I also pay two standing charges. Storage heaters on e10. I have to give 4 readings each month. I have one meter, but it has two different meter numbers [ difficult to explain, just something to do with very old storage heaters and the set up at the time ], meaning I pay two separate standing charges. On the bill it shows two different meter numbers with two readings each. So I will be very interested in this as to whether I get two payments of £400

Details of how the £400 will be paid have just been published. If you use direct debit you get £67 off your bill in October and November then £66 per month for the next 4 months. Different arrangements if you have a prepayment meter.
So it's not £400 in one go.

Have you asked your elec supplier?

Apologies, it's £66 reduction for 2 months then £67 for 4 months. Got the numbers the wrong way round.

It literally says why in my OP

Sorry!!

Haha no because a) Mumsnet probably knows more than those clowns and b) I don't have the time or inclination to spend half the day on hold and get cut off repeatedly because I've been on hold for so long and ring back and repeat etc etc

I didn't realise it was being rolled out in 6 payments, 1 per month.

this seems to be the latest information

www.gov.uk/government/news/400-energy-bills-discount-to-support-households-this-winter

I only scanned it, but didn't see anything re 2 meters (unsurprisingly) but info on prepaid meters etc.

Ooh, interesting.

I'm thinking it will go on each bill, because it will be just part of the calculation.

If so, think of it as compensation for having to pay the standing charge twice over.

I don't know how far you've got with getting rid of the second meter, but is there anything useful here?

www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/electricity/disconnect/time-and-cost

Although it does say it costs quite a bit of money to do, so you may decide you'll just carry on as you are, even with the double standing charge.