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md600driver
electricty companys
just a few questions please i have edp as my supplier its still in the ex owners name i just pay the bills anyone know where to go to change?
is there any other elec suppliers cheaper?
regards steve
is there any other elec suppliers cheaper?
regards steve
Hi Steve,
Have you bought the property? I assume so, as you say "ex owner". Did you use legal advice? If so, they should have done this for you, as well as other things like changing the water contract with the council etc. It is part of their duties and fees, so ask them. Did you take a meter reading, so you know what was your responsibility to pay and what the previous owner had to pay? You have to produce the deed to the property in your name and your ID documents etc at EDP to change the contract. I expect you'd have to go to Portimão EDP to do it and not one of the small agents locally.
As far as I am aware at the moment there is currently only EDP as an electricity supplier.
Hope that helps but if you have any other queries, just ask.
Have you bought the property? I assume so, as you say "ex owner". Did you use legal advice? If so, they should have done this for you, as well as other things like changing the water contract with the council etc. It is part of their duties and fees, so ask them. Did you take a meter reading, so you know what was your responsibility to pay and what the previous owner had to pay? You have to produce the deed to the property in your name and your ID documents etc at EDP to change the contract. I expect you'd have to go to Portimão EDP to do it and not one of the small agents locally.
As far as I am aware at the moment there is currently only EDP as an electricity supplier.
Hope that helps but if you have any other queries, just ask.
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Guest..
EDP is the only game in town. Agree the lawyer should have done it; all part of the deal. You can try your luck at www.edp.pt. Go to Clientes then altarar contrado. No English version but not too difficult or try them on 800 505 505. They can usually rustle up an English speaker.
That web site is quite good. However, I had a look and it seems that you cannot set up a new contract on there, but only change details of an exisiting contract e.g. if you want your bill sent somewhere else or change the "potência" or change bank transfer details. It says " Não permite fazer novo contrato" (does not allow new contract). I know when I have helped friends, we had to go with the deed and if your deed is in the name of a company e.g. offshore, then you have to take proof that you are the manager for that company etc. I doubt whether there is an alternative to going in person to do this part. You have to prove you are the new owner of the property and take all your ID etc. I think that is why legal eagles charge you for this service in with their fees, as they are the only people that can do it on your behalf.
By the way Steve, if you did have a legal rep and they didn't do this on your behalf...ask for a refund of part of the fees you paid them.
I know of a local lawyer, who passed on a bill to a friend of mine, for several hundred Euros worth of electricity. He said he had paid it on her behalf and wanted reimbursing. When I went to EDP at Portimão to check, it turned out to be for the previous owner bar about 20 Euros (I calculated this from the previous and current readings she gave me).
My friend bought a house but never received any bills and as she was based in the UK, she wasn't always on top of things. She had builders in doing some work for a few weeks and the electricity got cut off, as the bills hadn't been paid. She asked me to help. I went to the electricity company and found the contract was still in the name of the previous owner and that the lawyer hadn't bothered to change the contract over. The previous owner hadn't paid several old bills and because she had had her bills delivered to some shop in the nearest town, my friend didn't receive her bills either. I changed the contract at EDP with her on her next visit and unlike the Câmara, who hold you responsible for any outstanding water bills from the date you sign the deed, EDP said that she was only responsible from the day we changed the contract.
So for anyone buying a property in 2006, remember to check meter readings and note them down with the date, as soon as you have the keys and walk in the door. I know it is obvious but people still forget to do it and then trust what they are later told.
I know of a local lawyer, who passed on a bill to a friend of mine, for several hundred Euros worth of electricity. He said he had paid it on her behalf and wanted reimbursing. When I went to EDP at Portimão to check, it turned out to be for the previous owner bar about 20 Euros (I calculated this from the previous and current readings she gave me).
My friend bought a house but never received any bills and as she was based in the UK, she wasn't always on top of things. She had builders in doing some work for a few weeks and the electricity got cut off, as the bills hadn't been paid. She asked me to help. I went to the electricity company and found the contract was still in the name of the previous owner and that the lawyer hadn't bothered to change the contract over. The previous owner hadn't paid several old bills and because she had had her bills delivered to some shop in the nearest town, my friend didn't receive her bills either. I changed the contract at EDP with her on her next visit and unlike the Câmara, who hold you responsible for any outstanding water bills from the date you sign the deed, EDP said that she was only responsible from the day we changed the contract.
So for anyone buying a property in 2006, remember to check meter readings and note them down with the date, as soon as you have the keys and walk in the door. I know it is obvious but people still forget to do it and then trust what they are later told.
Ok guest, I had another look and found this below after searching the site for "contracto novo":
http://www.edp.pt/index.asp?CID=403101& ... ID=5030000
It seems you may be right, which would be good news. Maybe since they have been taken over they have changed how they work. I just know that last summer I had all sorts of problems trying to change someone's contract over for them without all their property documents etc. To fill out the above, it seems you have to put in the article number of your property, finanças code, fiscal number, ID card number and various other stuff. So, as long as the person filling out the boxes knows all the information and understands all the Portuguese, they could try it out.
However, as I said above, if they have paid fees to someone to do this on their behalf, they shouldn't have to waste their time doing it. Are you out there Steve? What do you think?
http://www.edp.pt/index.asp?CID=403101& ... ID=5030000
It seems you may be right, which would be good news. Maybe since they have been taken over they have changed how they work. I just know that last summer I had all sorts of problems trying to change someone's contract over for them without all their property documents etc. To fill out the above, it seems you have to put in the article number of your property, finanças code, fiscal number, ID card number and various other stuff. So, as long as the person filling out the boxes knows all the information and understands all the Portuguese, they could try it out.
However, as I said above, if they have paid fees to someone to do this on their behalf, they shouldn't have to waste their time doing it. Are you out there Steve? What do you think?