Heating with heat pump - moving old electricity contract

Hello,

we have decided to heat our screed using a heat pump and to accept about 3-4 weeks of time loss here due to the cost savings compared to the mobile heating device.

The following schedule is planned: next Thursday our house electricity meter will be installed. The following Monday the heat pump will be connected and then heating will begin.

In my current rental apartment I have an old electricity contract that is still valid for 4 weeks. Costs for the kWh are 23 cents.

My plan would be to transfer this old electricity contract so that I can get the large amount of electricity for heating at 23 cents / kWh.

I am not sure if this can work:

- When placing the transfer order I need the new meter number. Also, there probably needs to be some buffer time to be able to transfer such a contract. I doubt that the time from Thursday (when the meter is connected) to Monday is sufficient. I do not get any clear answers from the electricity supplier on this.

- Does it make sense to get the new meter number from the installer a few days earlier to be able to place the transfer order sooner? Or is such a new meter only "known" once it has been installed and activated by the installer with the grid operator, meaning that such a transfer notification would not go through beforehand?

- Does it make sense to set the moving day in the transfer order a few days later than the actual heating day to gain time? Can I then have the billing done retroactively from the first heating day?

- Am I automatically on basic supply in my current rental apartment if I have transferred the old contract? Do I have to actively register for basic supply?

Thank you very much for the information!

Sandra

Hello,

now I have received some information from my old electricity provider that partly answers the questions posed above:

A relocation order can be completed up to 6 weeks afterwards.
At the same time, it can take up to 6 weeks for a new meter to be registered by the network operator.

Is there anyone here who is a professional and can say whether my plan is feasible?

If it takes several weeks until my new meter is "registered," can I actually only become active after this time and submit the relocation order retroactively for maybe 3-4 weeks and at the same time inform the basic supplier that I want to pay basic supplier electricity retroactively for 3-4 weeks in the old apartment?
That would mean not taking any action on the day of the meter installation and the day heating starts, but only after the electricity meter has been reported to the network operator (whose date I do not know, but I could inquire by phone at regular intervals).

It is probably a matter of saving a few hundred euros if the relocation of the old contract works out.

The following schedule is set: Our house electricity meter will be installed next Thursday. The heat pump will be connected the following Monday and then heating will start.

In my current rented apartment, I have an old electricity contract that is still valid for 4 weeks. Cost per kWh 23 cents.

So theoretically, there are three weeks left for the old electricity.

Now let's run the heat pump at full throttle – a 5kW heat pump has an average power consumption of 1kW. So you consume 24kWh per day or 504kWh in three weeks (assuming full load all the time).

The new electricity contract costs 40 cents/kWh, so you save 17 cents/kWh. In three weeks, that amounts to €85.68.

THIS is not worth the effort and stress, especially since this will be the maximum saving. Every day less and every less consumed kWh (the heat pump will definitely not run at full capacity) swings the pendulum more towards "it's not worth it."

In addition, you also mention a 3-4 week loss of time with this approach. I also wonder whether it is worth moving into the house 3-4 weeks later with the savings, because you surely continue to pay rent and loan availability costs during that time.

Does it really pay off for you? I can hardly imagine it, even with energy prices.

Now let's run the heat pump at full throttle – a 5kW heat pump has an average power consumption of 1kW. So you consume 24kWh per day or 504kWh in three weeks (always assuming full load).

In winter and generally, despite the heat pump, frequent use of the heating element can occur and thus the costs can be many times higher!

Still, it wouldn't be worth the hassle for me. You can try, but if it doesn't work, I wouldn't be upset either.

You also mention a loss of 3-4 weeks of time with this approach. I also wonder whether it is worth moving into the house 3-4 weeks later for the savings, since you surely continue to pay rent and loan availability costs during that time.

The decision has already been made.

We pay 600 euros in rent, and we are supposed to save 1000 euros compared to heating with a mobile device.

And in both cases, we would have terminated the rental apartment at the same time.