Wanted to start a discussion on this as it keeps coming up and there's a lot of confusion around it. We've been speaking to a lot of UK holiday let hosts recently and the same questions come up every time around whether you can legally charge guests per kWh, can you just include it in the nightly rate, the OFGEM Maximum Resale Price and does it apply, does my charger need to be MID-approved if I'm billing guests?
Quick summary of what we've found:
- Yes, you can bill per kWh, it's actually the fairest method for guests
- OFGEM caps the rate at what you pay your supplier (currently ~£0.27/kWh for most as of May 2026). However, you are allowed to charge an additional tariff for the service (i.e. providing charging can become a profitable service)
- MID compliance matters. If you're billing based on kWh measured by your charger, the meter has to be legally certified (most charger brands now comply)
Happy to share what we've learned, but interested to hear what's your current setup. Do you include charging in the price, use an honesty system, or have a metered solution?
(Disclosure: we're building a platform specifically for this, ** but genuinely interested in how people are approaching it beyond our own solution)
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