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switching gas supplier

  • 24-03-2009 9:50am
    #1
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,332 ✭✭✭✭


    As everyone has now switched their leccy supply to either airtricity or bord gais, has anyone looked into switching their gas supplier?

    Flogas are claiming to be significantly cheaper than BG both for unit price and standing charge. Not sure what the overall saving would be, but as my most recent gas bill was the largest I've ever received I'm very interested in any reduction I can get. are there any other suppliers out there?


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  • #2
    fergm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭fergm


    flogas are not that much cheaper at all. they are doing a special offer of 60% off the standard charge (which is 59.02) for 12 months so it would be €25

    6.210 bord gais
    is
    6.1233 flogas
     http://www.flogasnaturalgas.ie/


  • #3
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,340 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    At the moment flogas and Bord gáis are the only two supplying to the retail market. Their are others in the business end though.

    Not really a BA this, might be better in Requests


  • #4
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,332 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    yeah, would've saved me €11 on a nearly €400 bill - not sure if thats worth the hassle of switching.


  • #5
    Soarer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,014 ✭✭✭Soarer


    How would it only save you €11 for the year when you'd be saving 60% on the standing charge alone?

    Edit: Unless €59.02 is the yearly standing charge, and the 60% saving works out at €34 per year?


  • #6
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,332 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Soarer wrote: »
    How would it only save you €11 for the year when you'd be saving 60% on the standing charge alone?

    Edit: Unless €59.02 is the yearly standing charge, and the 60% saving works out at €34 per year?

    exactly - the standing charge is only a small part of the bill. and thats €11 for one bi-monthly bill.


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  • #7
    Ogham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Ogham


    You'd probably save more by staying with Bord Gais and also switching to them for electricity .


  • #8
    taung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭taung


    Flogas are now offering a 7% discount on Bord Gais tariffs (including 2% discount for direct debit bill pay).

    If they advertised this offer a bit more (what about copying Bord Gais' Big Switch marketing campaign?) I'm sure lots more people would sign up to Flogas. It's a no-brainer coming into these Autumn/Winter months.


  • #9
    Maqnus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 90 ✭✭Maqnus


    Can you get gas in the Galway area?


  • #10
    TheDriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,689 ✭✭✭✭TheDriver


    I never realised you could change Natural Gas suppliers though they are very vague about if BG come down in price in their FAQs, seems like all they promise is to be cheaper tho how much cheaper is the question!


  • #11
    taung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭taung


    TheDriver wrote: »
    I never realised you could change Natural Gas suppliers though they are very vague about if BG come down in price in their FAQs, seems like all they promise is to be cheaper tho how much cheaper is the question!

    Well, they would have to be a minimum of 5% cheaper than BG, all of the time, to give people an incentive to switch.


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  • #12
    littleoulme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭littleoulme


    Thanks for this. I may well look at changing this over.


  • #13
    The Fool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 432 ✭✭The Fool


    Switched Electrity to Airtricity yesterday.
    Sales guy said they would be reselling gas in a few weeks


  • #14
    Webbs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭Webbs


    Maqnus wrote: »
    Can you get gas in the Galway area?

    You can in the Oranmore area - not sure where else in Galway


  • #15
    zing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭zing


    The Fool wrote: »
    Switched Electrity to Airtricity yesterday.
    Sales guy said they would be reselling gas in a few weeks

    I got the same thing from one of their agents who called to the door around six weeks back. Mailed them to get more information and the reply I got from their cust care said it would "at least one full year before Airtricity would be entering the gas market". That mail from them was from this time last month.

    Given that there has been nothing in the press/media about them entering the gas market I'd be inclined to believe the one full year comment. If they were entering the residential gas market shortly you'd expect to be seeing some early PR coming from them - directly or otherwise.


  • #16
    taung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭taung


    zing wrote: »
    I got the same thing from one of their agents who called to the door around six weeks back. Mailed them to get more information and the reply I got from their cust care said it would "at least one full year before Airtricity would be entering the gas market". That mail from them was from this time last month.

    Given that there has been nothing in the press/media about them entering the gas market I'd be inclined to believe the one full year comment. If they were entering the residential gas market shortly you'd expect to be seeing some early PR coming from them - directly or otherwise.

    There has been a small bit of PR from Airtricity regarding supply of gas to residential homes here. But, given the vague reference to the timeframe I'd be very surprised to see them offering a residential gas service before the end of the year.

    Airtricity have a history of promising things that they don't live up to....


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