I take it that you’ve still not managed to cut the power for a long enough period to see if the reading still rises? Until you are able to prove that there is nothing sucking power downstream of your meter but that you are still seeing units clocking up, you are on a hiding to nothing.
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1 kwh each hour is crazy if you’re not there, unless you are leaving ‘everything’ on, or there is something not quite correct, either someone tapped into your system or faulty meter???
1kwh = 1,000 watts/per so that’s a fairly substantial load, not just a couple of light bulbs on!
Doesn’t sound like the ‘senior’ person at EDF has too much of an idea. For perspective, when I left my property empty, the main consumer was cameras, and I used on average 0.1kwh each hour, and that’s according to the linky record.
Maybe they are just “Old” rather than knowledgeable 
I think Badger has the only solution. Throw the main switch off. (not the Linky, your house one). Then watch the consumption for the month.
If you still see consumption then take him on for the 350 euros bet. Though I’d feel it a lot fairer if it was both ways. So that if you win, EDF doesn’t just not charge you the 350 euros, they have to give you the 350 euros as well.
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@linky
If you can’t get over maybe worth looking into asking your local sparks to install a iot 3 phase metering device linked up to your internet, you can then follow consumption, if this doesn’t tally up with the linky then someones tappi g into your supply, (very easily done if your cables are underground, but also very easy to trace to the culpript).
That would NOT be the answer. The nearest point of isolation to the meter must be broken to guarantee that there’s no tapping off further downstream. Anything upstream of the client side of the main disjoncteur d’abonnement is sealed, although some unscrupulous person might still have interfered there, but if they were prepared/had the skills to do that they’d tap off upstream of meter & be even lower under the radar.
@Badger what do you think of my idea, linky v iot meter in regardes of the two readings?
Yes, having your own private metering, placed at the main board in the house, would be a good idea. However, that comes at a cost, whereas simply knocking the supply off (& making sure it stays off) for a day would be free…
EDF have told me that if someone is stealing electricity from me, it’s not EDF’s problem and it’s neither Enedis’ problem. However, I find it unlikely that someone is stealing electricity since the problem started since the Linky meter was installed.
Yes, anything after edf’s meter is not edf, if anything dodgy, after, it’s you to sort it, wether sneeky neibours or a diffitcant thermostat on a couple of radiators or not. Hence my suggesion of an iot meter, easy to compaire in real time. Hey, you have paid over the odds for a while now, pay a bit more and you can and will have all the data.
If not badger’s advice is sound, if you’re wiling to turn off all supply from your house but not the edf linky
Tx for the correction and explanation Badger .
Linky I think several of us are agog here and really want to know the answer! Please keep us informed.
Considering how both EDF and Enedis have dealt with this situation so far, I have little faith in them resolving the issue. The last time Enedis came to test the meter, the electricity reading went down significantly for that particular month, yet they deny that they did anything or made any changes and still refuse to give me a report. So I could pay them the 350 euros to do another check, but how can I trust these clowns.
Have you made any concrete progress on this? Other than feeling grumpy about EDF and Enedis.
I fully sympathise with your grumpiness but it’s not going to solve the problem.
I can sort-of see their logic here, if someone is, indeed, tapping off your supply after the meter they are stealing from you, not EDF - unless you can somehow prove that EDF or Enedis are responsible for attaching the erroneous connection.
Several suggestions have been made - have you been able to follow through on any of them?
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All you do is complain about my attitude. Yes, I’m extremely pissed off like I’m sure anyone else would be. Yes, progress is being made, just haven’t reported all the details here.
I think many would be very interested to understand what progress is being made, given the variety of advice and input many folks have taken the time to helpfully provide.
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Hey Linky, please do not think the details bore us.
Lots of us are riveted by this.
What details can you share?
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Every right to be grumpy. But recognise that many of us want to know what happens - better than a detective novel this.
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When you share your life on social media expect people to ask questions and give what advice they can.
I am interested as your company’s senior has said they expect a 1kw usage in an unoccupied house??? Spose the mice have to switch on a heater to keep warm. We arbitrarily register 1kw increase each month on our unoccupied property as that’s the increase engsis register on our acvount from remote reading. Our gardner makes himself and his wife a couple of coffees and she may well watch TV whilst he works but he isn’t there every month during winter?? So if this mystery 1kw is added to every linky account that would mean a very large additional profit for the companies. So interesting to hear how you get on.
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To be fair you have been somewhat resistant to suggestions made, preferring to convince yourself that the Linky must be at fault even though, while not impossible, the chances of that are relatively low.
But, as I said, grumpiness about potentially being overcharged to the tune of 100€ or so a month is quite reasonable and understandable.
However, the collective interest is piqued and I think we’d all be genuinely keen to hear of any developments.
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I already sent an electrician to check everything. He is sure that the problem is with EDF. How do you explain that this all started from the moment that the Linky meter was installed? Oh yes, it must be because the old meter was broken or manipulated in some way as EDF would like to believe. We’re talking about an increase of 50kWh per month to 1000kWh per month for an EMPTY property. From the very beginning, you have been very doubtful that something could be wrong with the meter readings. The only reason I keep posting here is to keep people updated on the situation, but you keep complaining about my attitude.
Even if I can prove that the electricity is not being consumed on my end, that I do not have any faulty equipment, I am still at the mercy of EDF and Enedis and whatever decisions/conclusions they come to. The point is that based on the way they have dealt with this situation so far, I do not trust them to do a fair and thorough analysis that is impartial. This is why I am hesitant to go ahead with the test until I can be sure that it will indeed be done properly.