Any recommendations for Scottish electric supply?

[IanP]

Any Scottish builders out there who have recently had a meter fitted? 

I have just spent several thousand getting Ssen to put a supply in to a shed for a temp supply but when I rang up Scottish Power for a meter, they said as from Apr 13th Scottish Power don't install temporary meters!!! Only permanent ones as they will not move it to the house when built! 

Any recommendation for a supplier who will? 

[ProDave]

Tackle the problem a different way.  Make your current "temporary" supply permanent.  Leave it there in a box on the boundary.  When the house is built, connect your own cable from there to the house.  Several of us here have done that.

 

Otherwise try Octopus.  I would recommend them as a supplier anyway.

 

Oh and PM me if you want a referall code to get £50 credit if they will take you on.

[JohnMo]

My permanent one went in when no building was even there.  Just put in an external box on a post where it would be in the house.  Altered the post and the box as the build progressed.

[Myrtle]

On 27/09/2022 at 22:17, IanP said:

Any Scottish builders out there who have recently had a meter fitted? 

I have just spent several thousand getting Ssen to put a supply in to a shed for a temp supply but when I rang up Scottish Power for a meter, they said as from Apr 13th Scottish Power don't install temporary meters!!! Only permanent ones as they will not move it to the house when built! 

Any recommendation for a supplier who will? 

Try British Gas. We had a meter fitted within 10days of contacting them that was back in August.

[Kelvin]

I’ve just been through this. SSEN for the cable install and Octopus for the meter. Be aware that it’s taken 4 months for Octopus to install the meter. They also completely screwed up my ‘new connection’ taking a month to get it registered and energised so much so that I ended up getting £150 in credit from them. As above I’ve made my temporary connection permanent. 
 

As an aside I found SSEN great to deal with. I even got a refund of £560 from them. Total cost for SSEN was £456. The original quote was £26,500 😂 
 

Pic pre meter install. 
 

 

 

Edited October 4, 2022 by Kelvin