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annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
Does anyone know how much it costs to have mains gas disconnected? I can't seem to find details online.

I only use gas for cooking and now that a standing charge of nearly £100 per year is being introduced my gas bill is going to increase massively. On principle I'd like to get it disconnected but I suspect that might be costly too.
 

slowmotion

Quite dreadful
Location
lost somewhere
Have a look at this link. National Grid are the people to talk to.

www2.nationalgrid.com/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=22934



EDIT: Actually, that leaflet says that your gas supplier is the organisation that you should talk to.
 
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annedonnelly

annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
Yeah, that's why I can't find out online - I'd need to ring Northern Gas networks (I think that's what they're called) - they supply the gas rather than the people I actually pay for it.
 

simon.r

Person
Location
Nottingham
Why get it disconnected? If it's just a cost issue contact your supplier and get them to remove the meter.

If you literally want the pipe cutting off then contact National Grid after the meter is removed.

Edit: Alternatively, can you swap contracts to one where you only pay for gas you use, with no or minimal standing charges? Worth looking around to see what's available.
 
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annedonnelly

annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
New Ofgem regulations mean that all suppliers will impose a standing charge very soon. I don't want to get rid of my gas cooker but don't like the imposition of the standing charge. There are likely to be some older people with low gas use that this will have a big effect on.
 

Profpointy

Legendary Member
perhaps I'm missing something, but after disconnecting the gas [to your cooker] are you just having salads and takeaways from now?

even if you're changing to an electric cooker. you do know they are crap, and cost a fair whack, and are more expensive "per unit" as well
 

vernon

Harder than Ronnie Pickering
Location
Meanwood, Leeds
I think that it's a short sighted measure to remove your gas supply to avoid paying a standing charge.

You will need a new oven and hob and sacrifice the instant fine control that gas cooking appliances offer unless you go for induction or halogen hobs. I've hated every electric hob that I've used in holiday lets and if I was ever to contemplate moving house I would shun any that are all electric.
 

vernon

Harder than Ronnie Pickering
Location
Meanwood, Leeds
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It is interesting to note that under the change to the new style they have added a little extra on, up until recently my standing charge has been 25.99p per day under the new format it is now 26.01p per day - now you may argue £0.0002 is not a great deal of cash and nowt to worry about, but if you have 5 million customers that works out at an extre £365,000 in their back pockets - greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy greedy twastards.[/quote]

£365,000 is a mere drop in the ocean when distributed amongst the directors' salaries and pension funds.

It's not worth getting out of the jacuzzi for.
 
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annedonnelly

annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
I think that it's a short sighted measure to remove your gas supply to avoid paying a standing charge.

You will need a new oven and hob and sacrifice the instant fine control that gas cooking appliances offer unless you go for induction or halogen hobs. I've hated every electric hob that I've used in holiday lets and if I was ever to contemplate moving house I would shun any that are all electric.
I'm not rushing into it Vernon. This is all part of the research :smile: With a 20+ year old cooker it may be that I'd need to replace it soon anyway. I have heard good things about induction hobs.
 

Spinney

Bimbleur extraordinaire
Location
Back up north
We moved into a new house last year - with an electric cooker. I'd always preferred gas hobs (for controllability) and electric ovens. Thought I'd hate it, but I quite like it now. It's a halogen hob, I think - so a flat glass surface that is so, so, so much easier to clean than a gas hob, and is reasonably controllable as well. Didn't take us all that long to get used to it.
 

Mark Grant

Acting Captain of The St Annes Jombulance.
Location
Hanworth, Middx.
On Radio 4 this afternoon (Money Box Live 15.00) a chap phoned in with the same predicament as you. He was told there is a supplier with a zero standing charge, ( can't recall the name though) apparently they are one of the more expensive gas suppliers but it may suit you as you use so little.
 
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annedonnelly

annedonnelly

Girl from the North Country
Location
Canonbie
That's very interesting Mark. I'll have to find out more about that supplier. I understood that Ofgem had told the suppliers that they all have to use the same pricing structure - to make it easier for consumers to compare them - and so they'd all be introducing a standing charge.
 
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