electricity contract/tenancy agreement
I'm renting a brand new flat. When I signed the tenancy agreement I was given a copy of the état des lieux in which are recorded the meter readings for both electricity and water (there is no gas in the flat) on the day I moved in. However, when I subscribed my EDF contract I learned that there was no previous electricity contract at my address and that I had to pay an extra 22 Eur due to "frais de 1ere mise en service". In total I paid about 49 Eur for the EDF subscription alone and I'm liable to pay all the consumption starting from 0 kWh...
When I signed the tenancy agreement I presumed that there was already an electricity contract for the property because the meter readings were recorded in the etat des lieux.
I already had electricity at home and ERDF didn't need to send any technician to start my contract with EDF - apparently one had already been there but I was the one to pay the bill.
My question is: can I get reimbursed for the consumption registered upon the état des lieux and/or les frais de 1ere mise en service?
Many thanks.