The supply of electricity on park homes is usually quite a bit different from a house.
In your house you can choose a supplier and you have your own meter that is read by you or your supplier and you get a bill or pay standing order. In park homes the supplier usually supplies the owner and this is then charged on to the park home. With our home we have a card meter and we buy cards to use in it. These are the same meters used by landlords and can be set to a price per unit, 10p 12p or whatever. The rules regarding what you can be charged is fairly clear. The owner cannot make a profit on the electricity but can add something for management/infrastructure or whatever. Hopefully most owners are being completely honest and up front about this and making it clear about what are why the tenant is being charged. After all the tenant has no choice in what provider is chosen and has to rely on the owner choosing the best deal for the right reasons. Since our park has been taken over we are waiting to hear what rate we will be set to so more about this later on...
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