No, but a better analogy would be to ask the question of whether it'd be reasonable to have a meter in a hotel room & only pay for what you've used, versus having it built into the room rate.

why stop at electricity! surely if we accept the idea of only paying for what we use then all services provided should carry a separate charge!
e.g
use of the toilet block
use of the chemical discharge point
filling water
waste water discharge
Dog walk
kiddies play-ground
TV booster point.
cutting the grass around the pitch

etc etc.

I disagree. You don't cook in your hotel room and the heating and lighting are controlled by the hotel.
peedee

I don't think this is necessarily so, the CC made an operating loss on running its sites in 2008 and 2009. In 2009 this was much larger than in 2008 and it was all put down to the increased cost of site electricty.

I also recently stayed on a CL where the owner apologised that they would have to put up their charges on Jan 1st from £10 to £12 per night due the cost of electric. So I don't think they are rubbing their hands with glee although the provision of hook ups does seem to increase pitch occupancy.

peedee