Transfer of utilities (přepis energií)

When a transfer is needed

Typically when someone moves, when a flat is sold, or when the person paying for the supply changes. First find out who holds the contract with the supplier and how payment for utilities has been arranged. Electricity supplied directly to the tenant is a different matter from heating or hot water billed across the building as a service.

According to the Energy Regulatory Office (ERÚ), a transfer consists of two contractual steps. The end of a tenancy on its own therefore doesn’t tell the supplier to change the customer. Agree on continuity of supply with both the outgoing and incoming customer and with the supplier.

Prepare the details and take a joint meter reading

You’ll need the supply point identifier – the EAN for electricity or the EIC for gas – the details of the parties involved and any documents the supplier requests. At handover, photograph the meter and note its number, the date and the reading. The ERÚ recommends sending the reading to the supplier or distributor within five working days.

The new customer’s opening reading should match the previous customer’s closing reading. But a meter reading alone doesn’t confirm that the transfer has gone through. Wait for contractual confirmation and check the previous customer’s final bill.

When the dates don’t match

An illustrative example: you hand over the flat on 15 September, but the original contract only ends on 20 September. For those five days, keep the handover reading and agree how the consumption will be settled. What counts for the supplier is its own contract, not an agreement recorded in the protocol between the tenant and the owner.