NEW CONNECTIONS

New Connections

Our dedicated in-house team is capable of handling all aspects of a new connection, including setting up a new electricity or gas supply for a new building that does not currently have electricity or gas, as well as modifying the existing layout and adding additional electricity and gas meters for commercial landlords.

As part of our service, we prepared and submitted the application to the gas and electricity board as well as liaised with them from the beginning up until the work was completed, including the installation of the new gas and electricity meters.

Having an experienced team to handle your requirements ensures that you get what you need done much more quickly and at a lower cost. Having worked with the electricity and gas board on a daily basis and having a trusted working relationship with them, we can typically obtain approvals much faster than if you attempted it on your own.

Meter Types:

Non-Half Hourly (NHH)

Profile 03 – Commercial standard meter which is single rated and does not record consumption unless you have an AMR (automatic meter reader) device.Profile 04 – Economy 7 which is dual rated and does not record consumption unless you have an AMR device.

Profile 05 – 08 – Maximum demand meters are larger and do not record consumption unless you have an AMR device.

All new NHH meter installations will be profiles 03 and 04 as existing maximum demand meters were upgraded to HH metering due the P272 programme.

Half-Hourly (HH)

HH Current Transformer (CT) are meters which have a capacity agreement with the DNO (Distribution Network Operator) applied to this meter. The electricity supply is passed through a transformer due to higher voltage and amps used (a load greater than 100 Amps). The meter is accurately read electronically every 30 minutes.

HH Whole Current (WC) are meters which do not have a capacity agreement but are still read electronically every 30 minutes. The electricity supply passes through the meter and usually has lower amps and voltage.

Gas

Commercial standard meter which is single rated, and can be read by having an AMR device installed.

Devices to Make Bills Accurate

AMR is a device which creates a remote communication channel between a business and its energy supplier to accurately bill consumption used.Smart Meters send your supplier regular automatic readings.

SMET1 – communicate with your supplier through a 3G mobile network.

SMET2 – Communicate with your supplier through a purpose-built network