Power Plays (Dec 22 Mag, Page 56)

I wonder how big a 'part' each of us needs to play...do heavy users need to play a bigger part than lesser users? 

does anyone know if they are heavy users or not...compared to what, their neighbours with the awning heater or on the other side where someone hasn't bothered to plug in?

agreed, this is so wish washy it will achieve nothing (other than some thinking the club are 'on the case') so why not come out with a plan (perhaps implemented over a medium term) to show how it (along with the members) can reduce its overall consumption while being fair to those that use power at varying rates...

how could it do that?....come up with a business plan for installing meters, real costings, real implementation schedules and what benefits will be derived for all.

isn't this how most businesses tackle large issues?

I didn't take too much notice of it. As you say it is just lip service and they are not tackling member usage on sites which must be the lions share of costs. Just asking members to be more careful just isn't going to work when the cost is all inclusive. That is just water on a ducks back and pitch prices will continue to rise, as they have done already, until energy prices reduce. Even if energy costs reduce, I think metering would still be a good investment.

On the subject of an average user, of which I am not one, your energy supplier does publish average consumption figures for your area. My bill is still horrendous even though we have cut back on electricity consumption and continue to try and do so.

peedee

I haven't got the latest magazines, they haven't arrived but I read the details on the digital version and was yet again disappointed to read that site prices will no doubt rise rapidly before concerted action is taken. 

We have got to the stage with the Club that we don’t actually care what they do frankly. It’s unlikely we will use any Club Sites unless we absolutely have to, and once we get back,out and touring again, we intend doing more via Britstops. It’s very much only the CL access that has us staying Members. 

I doubt CAMC will ever come knocking to tell folk physically to turn the heater off or the air con which is also power hungry unit-either of these options would be a negative game changer re membership🤷🏻‍♂️

The Club seem not to have a coherent energy saving policy for Club sites beyond a polite request? They will turn off LED lights in a toilet block automatically and probably cause some inconvenience in doing so, saving the odd pence here and there but won't ban heaters in awnings? They could reduce the ampage available but modern outfits are pretty power hungry so you would be driving members to use gas to supplement. That might be fine if everyone had refillable tanks but there are supply difficulties there and not all Club sites seem to be selling exchange gas bottles? The most straightforward answer is the charge for electricity in addition to the pitch price, this would mean installing meters which whilst the Club agree would be the fairer option they are obviously concerned both from the cost point of view and acceptance point of view. The introduction of deposits caused outrage in some quarters but at least one could point to the fact that they were fairly industry wide. We are nowhere near that in terms of charging separately for electricity as metering is still  far less common in the commercial sector and of course the other Club does not do it. I don't think the Club have an easy decision to make but they do need to be thinking about some action rather than requests?

David

The alternative is closing more sites in the winter season?

Whilst C&CC don't have metering, they do have the option of EHU or non EHU. With CAMC, it's pay through the nose or push off.