This month we’re keen to hear about what static caravan and lodge owners pay per metered unit of electricity on their holiday parks.
We know from listening to holiday caravan owners that the amount can vary quite significantly from park to park. And due to inflation in recent years, those charges have only been moving in one direction for most – UP!
But it’s important to note that as a ‘reseller’ of electricity, under rules set by Ofgem (Office of Gas and Electricity Markets), the maximum holiday parks are allowed to charge customers for units of electricity is the price they pay for the electricity from their supplier. Parks can also pass on costs of standing charges their suppliers make, but generally, these are evenly distributed across each unit of electricity sold to its customers. Ultimately caravan parks cannot profit from the resale of electricity!
So, as frustrating as these rising electricity costs are to some static caravan and lodge owners, the rates set by the park’s commercial electricity supplier usually determine the charge per unit of electricity paid by its park customers. But we still want to know how much you pay per unit.
We’re also keen to hear about any increases and decreases in the cost per unit of electricity at your holiday park. Let us know in the comments below once you’ve voted in our electric poll.
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We also pay £10 for administration every 3 months when the meters are read.
40p plus 25p per day standing charge plus vat
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We also pay £10 standard charge / admin change every 3 months We are invoiced and meter read also at 3 months
Pay 0.35 plus 5% vat per unit also 0.15 per day plus 5%vat (availability charge)
Our site charges a daily standing charge for electric 0.30. Our bill this quarter is £94+ for 167units including daily charge and we’ve been away for several weeks!
We pay 8p per day standing charge on top of the 38p per metered unit.
We pay 57p per unit plus 33p per day standing charge, I think this is a ridiculous amount to pay
We paid something like that in 2023 – it was because the site owner had tried to be clever earlier but got locked into a bad deal. But this year it’s gone down to about 30p.
We pay £15 admin charge I think it’s each quarter.
our charges our 30 p a unit , but cannot understand why the suppliers are not set at the ofgem price cap maximum, which is 22.36 per unit at present for electricity!.
We pay 32p per unit and no standing charges. It seems we are very fortunate.
Would you mind giving me an idea of your monthly or yearly costs for electric please?
I’m looking to purchase a static caravan and trying to budget for costs.
Many thanks
Ruth
Hi Team
The unit rate has gone down from £0.4669 to £0.3428 a reduction of £0.1241p per unit since the last bills were issued.
We also get a service charge every quarter of £26.28. VAT is charged separately for both these amounts, so some owners pay more in charges and VAT than they do for the electric used.
I have metered electricity topped up / paid by myself as and when required. Cost is currently £0.31 per unit.
Gas is charged at £3.30 per unit.
I also pay £12 admin fee for each gas meter reading, generally every 6 months.
We have to pay 35p per unit, this has doubled this month and the gas is metered at £4.47 per unit with a £20 standing charge. Such a rip off.
Had to pay £96 for electricity check & £50 for annual gas check. We have not used gas in 2 years!
Looks like everyone is doing ok. Ours is 58p a unit with a monthly £7.60 standing charge which is paid for the whole 12 months, including the 4 months the site is shut
31.5p per unit, no standing charge.
28.71p per unit plus VAT. No additional standing or admin charges, so it’s easy to keep a check on how much my electricity is costing me. I’m pleased with that system and think it’s a fair price.
It seems to me that the question is – How come suppliers to the sites can charge more per unit than the Offem cap. The rules seem quite clear. Perhaps Leisuredays can help?
We pay 26.5p per unit plus a standing charge of 55p per day throughout the year even when the park is closed.
Seems like there is a vast difference in what people are paying, obviously some of us are being ripped off !
22p per unit + VAT plus £7.10 + VAT per month standing charge.
We pay 31 pence per unit before 5% VAT plus ‘service’ charge of 29 pence per day before the 20% vat.
We pay 20p per unit plus vat so good. But standing charge is 57p per day all year round. So last 6 months bill was £35 for usage and £82 standing charge. Not so good!!
We pay 27p per unit + Vat. Last year, as a result of the energy crisis, we paid 85p per unit, so we were relieved to see a steep reduction.
Rates have just gone down 1st October to 26.2p plus VAT per unit.
My electricity charge in 2020 was 18 pence/ unit by 2023 this has risen to 56pence/unit. It woud appear that the reson for this increse is due to an elevated standing charge plus an elevated cost per unit. As the site is a commercial buisiness the electricity supplier can charge what they like as this is not a domestic use.
Small Commercial users 33 pence per unit plus a standing charge of £2 per day
Domestic users 26pence per unit plus standing charge of 60 pence per day
It would seem that the formula used for caravan site costs per unit is as follows:-
Cost of the yearly standing charge plus the cost of the electricity supplied Divided by the number of units used on the site
Perhaps caravan owners shoud be subject to the same rules as households.
We also pay a standing charge.
I have just received my last bill for the period 01/08/24 to 01/11/24
I only used 67 units at a cost of 26.5p per unit totalling £17.76 plus 5% vat
I was also charged an Availability Charge of 55p a day totalling £50.05 plus 5% vat
We also have to pay the Availability Charge during winter when the park is closed.
Our total electricity use and charge this season has been £47.71 plus 5% vat
Our total standing charges this season has been £201.85 plus 5% vat
There seems to be a vast difference in what site owners are charging for the Standing Charge (our site calls it an Availability Charge)
I’ve just got my bill, unit rate has gone up to 36p plus a £30 standing charge for the year (this has not changed in 4 years).