Neil CraigMar 9

At lunch time today, I requested that our house is disconnected from mains gas and ordered a new fully electric range cooker to replace our current one which has a gas hob.

Feels like quite the milestone...a very expensive one. £1.5k to disconnect from mains gas. Dang.

Show threadSimon 
@tdp_org what?!? With Octopus you just ask them to remove your gas meter which they do for free then possibly after a year or so the gas people might come and disconnect your feed and cap outside the property boundary, again, no cost.
Mar 9 at 3:45pmWeb
Show threadNeil CraigMar 9
@staustellsimon Yeah it's not the meter it's the supply from the street.
Octopus charged to move the meter too FWIW.
Show threadSimon Mar 9
@tdp_org this is odd, so many ok the Octopus Forums have had their meter removed for free, the feed from the street just stays there and if the supplier wants to come and remove them it’s up to them?
Show threadDamienMar 9
@staustellsimon @tdp_org maybe it varies based on the relevant DNO?
Show threadNeil CraigMar 9
@staustellsimon It's not just removing the meter, it's removing the supply itself. This means we can get rid of the ugly wall box. We could have just left it there I suppose but this way feels better for the long term.
Show threadDamienMar 9

@tdp_org @staustellsimon hmm... So if they only removed the meter, would you have been unable to remove the now empty box yourself? I presume yes, since the box is yours / your responsibility rather than the gas distribution network's? Maybe you must keep it to house the capped off supply pipe?

https://www.igem.org.uk/future-energy-networks/disconnecting-from-the-gas-network.html

FEN | Disconnecting from the gas network

If you would like to disconnect from the gas network, you should contact your energy supplier. Your energy supplier can arrange for your gas meter to be removed. If you also need the gas pipe leading to your property removed, you should contact your gas distribution network operator but there may be a charge.