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I’m merging my two adjacent properties therefore decided to merge the electricity supply coming into the property and only have one bill (currently different suppliers). My electrician has linked all the power cables etc into my main property’s fuse board and says it’s a simple job for UK PowerNetwork to disconnect the loop that went into my annex, which will mean I don’t have to pay the standing daily charge for that meter.

Here’s the issue… the quote from UKPower for doing this is nearly £700! Should have done cost investigations before the job but it all sounded so simple. On top of these costs my supplier has to come and remove the meter in the Annexe (another cost of course).

Can I keep two meters for one property and continue to pay the standing charge in the annexe (my calculations suggest it would take 5 years to break even!)?

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Aside from the rant, the question seems to be:

"Can I just keep paying for a meter I am not using?"

The answer would be yes. Presumably you'll want (or already have) the power connected to the supplier with the lower cost per kWh.

I don't know how this works in the UK, but in the US, a service disconnect and meter removal can often be imposed at no additional cost to you for non-payment of bills, so you might want to investigate (not experiment with, in case it works very differently there) what would happen if you just stopped paying the supplier of that meter.

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