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Outfox for electricity provider. No smart meter. It's a small white box, written Property of eOn and Type 5235A. Made by Londis + Gyr. No idea about the panels, inverter is in the loft.

I have solar panels installed by A Shade Greener on my roof. Anything I don't use is exported. How do I find out whether I am getting the free electricity at any one time or if I am importing from the grid? I have a digital electricity meter with a red light. Was told it's supposed to go green...

I'd like to see a kWh figure being quoted similar to the APR that finance companies have to use. What you get now is the raw kWh. This changes depending on maybe time of the day, location as someone mentioned, first units may be on higher rate, then add standing charges, etc. A kWh figure that...

Exactly. You shouldn't have to go to this extent. It would be like taking your scale and calculator to Tesco to compare the price of meat per kg. They purposefully don't make their prices transparent and no one, no charity, no MP and least of all, no watchdog, seem interested in a clear price...

I tried comparing prices from suppliers many years ago. It was impossible and I assume worse now. This is because they have different tiers and structures for pricing. For instance the first X units will be at £y rate, the next ones at a different price, whereas another supplier will price it...

Energy price has been a hot topic for a while now. Gov, MPs, charities are all talking about it but what metric are we all using, especially OFGEM? An energy bill for a typical household! I think that's rubbish and meaningless. Are households labelled typical or atypical? Some people even get...

In the end I went with this option. I asked the council if I could re-erect it according to the requirements of PD, just to be sure since they wanted the whole fence down and they asked to apply for a cert of lawful dev, which I did and received. I was quite confident that the council would...

Google is going to be forced to pay for news and this is already happening in Australia. As far as I know, Google displays news snippets in their news search results, not the full news articles. This sends users to these news outlets which is good for them. So why are publishers complaining...

I've got a single socket which I'd like to replace with 3 double sockets. How can I connect the new cables to the old to extend the ring circuit? I've read that using a junction box is considered as a spur, so I'd only be able to have a single double socket. What about using 30A choc blocks? I...

No, the issue was always about the height of the fence.

They've inspected the fence on the day of the deadline, that's how keen they are. So they know it's PD.

What would they gain by doing this though - these empty threats? It's not like a debt that needs paying so they would get their money. The fence is already pd now. They could just say/admit that as the fence is pd, they won't take it further and save their time.

The council wastes money all the time. I have no idea of costs but it's just a fence, nothing too complicated. The council could always justify this by saying that the enforcement notice had not been complied with, etc... I've got my options now and need to figure out the best way to proceed...

Sympathy won't help me. I wanted options and I've got some thanks to this thread and its contributors.

Well, enforcement is not settled. Settling it would mean complying fully with it, i.e. removing all of the fence. The enforcement notice is quite clear (whole fence removed), just as the breach is quite clearly stated too (fence higher than 1m adj to highway).

I'm really not bothered at all that their fence is high. I did think I could get away with mine being high too but it didn't work and this chapter is closed. I don't wish to end up in the Daily Mail with a sad face next to my fence.

All makes sense but the council has nothing to lose either by taking this to court, even if they may lose. If I were in their shoes, I would do that to. Then it would be up to the judge to decide on your points above. By the way, I did try to use the human rights argument in my appeal but...

I could hold out till the last day but this doesn't really help me. I can't see the council not taking this to court - they have nothing to lose themselves and everything to gain by going to court. It's not like they'll be paying out of their own pocket for any costs.

I'm loving the responses on here. I would love to call their bluff and have my day in court. However, the financial risks may just be too great for what is just a fence after all. There's no telling how the judge will rule - the enforcement notice clearly stipulated to remove the whole fence. I...

I first misunderstood the enforcement notice and thought only the front fence had to be lowered to 1m, which I did. After the deadline came, the council inspected and pointed out that the whole fence has to be removed. So no, the enforcement notice won't be satisfied until everything has been...