Coin Meters/electricity charges

Early this year I rented an apartment in southern Spain for six weeks. It was unexpectedly cold.  It had a coin electric meter and I found that my coin supply quickly diminished because the cost per day was approximately €12. At this rate my total electricity expediture for six weeks would have been €504 ( I was only using two small oil filled radiators) despite having been quoted €34pw as the highest weekly cost while using the aircon.  I discovered that the meter had been set at € 0,50 per kwh - clearly far too high and after much "discussion" the apartment owners agreed to it being reduced to € 0,15. This was near the setting of my neighbour's meter € 0.12 and would result in a weekly cost of €32 approx.

Having thought that I had located a place to stay early next year, I am being quoted a meter with a setting of € 0.40 which will again result in a cost far above that indicated to me by the apartment owners, and indeed much higher than I pay at home.

Can somebody please advise me what is going on here?!

Can somebody please advise me what is going on here?!

At best, they are making extra money from you. At worst, extortion.

Find somewhere else to stay without a meter or at worst just a meter on the AC

you are being ripped off - simple

find another place to rent without coin meters

Don't know if it is the same in Spain but in the UK it is illegal to for a landlord to set a tariff or resell electric or gas .

Domestic electricity has a top rate of about 14 cents per Kwh. Standing power charge works out around 3 cents an hour and IVA is added to that. It all comes to about 19 cents per Kwh so charging more than 20 cents is profiteering.

Go somewhere else.