Paying for electricity

Fairly common for monthly and seasonal sites. A number of New England parks charge a daily fee for air conditioning or electric heat on transient sites.

Medicine_Man wrote:
How many stay in parks where you have to pay for your electricity especially for long term camping and storage?

Went full time and traveled for a few years and NEVER had to pay for electric. I didn't even know that CG's even did that..........until.........

I crossed the state line into Florida! :B

bobsallyh wrote:
RobWNY, the park charges the $2.00 and they read the meter. If you think $2.00 is high, try the Phoenix and Tucson areas!

Oh, ok. Still an outrageous charge if you ask me but that's why we have choices on where to stay.

RobWNY, the park charges the $2.00 and they read the meter. If you think $2.00 is high, try the Phoenix and Tucson areas!

At our seasonal site, we pay the electric company directly. Every site has their own meter. We leave our electric account open all year, even though we are only there for 5 months. It's cheaper than being charged a disconnect fee when we leave and a re-connect fee when we return.

-Michael

We (park personnel) read each meter:
a. When the last person vacates the site; before it is occupied again.
b. The day before rent is due for tenants staying more than 1 month, That
way if they went over their allowance we should have the charges calculated
for them when they pay their recurring site rental fee.

We wouldn't think of our customer paying a "meter read" charge.

bobsallyh wrote:
Something to ask, is there a meter reading fee and if so how much? Most snowbird destination parks in Arizona have a meter reading fee. The price can vary by quite a bit. The park we were stayed in Yuma had a $2.00 a month reading fee.

If the deal is that I have to pay for electricity and the RV Park expects me to read the meter as part of the deal, they better not be charging me to do that. It's their park. The meters are in their name. campers are already doing a job for the park owners by reading the meter and bringing the reading to them to pay the bill. That's acceptable and understandable. But no way would I put up with having them charge me to do that! If $2 is that important to them, they can get that money from someone else.

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Common for Monthly rates, especially in Snowbird areas.
Rare for weekly stays.
Almost non existent for daily stays.

Best answer.
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Although I agree with this one too, "you are paying for the electricity whether they meter it or prorate in to your daily or weekly bill. just seems to sting a little more when they hand you a bill for it"

Something to ask, is there a meter reading fee and if so how much? Most snowbird destination parks in Arizona have a meter reading fee. The price can vary by quite a bit. The park we were stayed in Yuma had a $2.00 a month reading fee.

Don't know if RV park owners are supposed to reply, but, if so here is the way we handle it and why:
We don't charge electricity separately for daily or weekly stays.

Our monthly rate includes an allowance: 600 KWH for 30 amp, 800 for 50 amp.

In year 2010 we were still including electricity in monthly rates, and paid our highest bill for usage in February. Why? Because so many people were buying the cheap plug-in electric heaters and using them instead of their RV's propane system. We are in Texas where summer's heat should have demanded the highest use!

We studied the situation for a long time before arriving at the KWH allowance we built into the rates. We felt that should satisfy both sides of the question;
1, the persons on a tight budget would use their electricity frugally. and 2, those who could afford it and wanted it could use all they wanted, but they would pay if they went over their allowance,

It has worked beautifully so far as we are concerned, for we are strong
believers in "paying your own way", and that "one plan does not fit all".