Switching electric/gas providers (see first post for links)

It looks like they do not appear on Bonkers, as they have no selection parameter, for entering the % of usage at those low night boost rates, and the hours, also varies by supplier:

EI, is 2 hours, 2 am to 4am

BG, Pinergy, SSE is 3 hours, 2am to 5am

Energia is 4 hours, 2 am to 6am

Flogas, Yuno Energy, and the others don’t seem to have one.

Its different with d/n rates, as you enter a % of total usage at the night rate, meaning an accurate calculation is possible.

I got the email/call around 11th August with the 15% offer and I checked it online at that point. I got no other comms from them since then until the call yesterday. I guess it's possible they did update the offer online but if they did then they didn't email me to say they did.

Hi all, my energia contract is coming to and end soon. Just looked at my bills and shocked to discover that we've been charged 48c a unit for the best of a year.

We had signed up to their EV tariff which was advertised as having a fixed cost of 33c day rate and 9c night rate. I know many other people on here signed up to the same plan - it was a good deal at the time. My understanding of "fixed" was that the advertised rates would not change over the lifetime of the contract. Apart from our very first bill however, this has not been the case.

Has anyone else experienced this? Have I somehow gotten the wrong end of the stick or have they pulled a fast one here?

Looks like they've messed up your bills. I'd give them a ring, in their defence I always found them very good to deal with, maybe they'll give you another fixed price deal as compensation.

When you say:

"However I remained on these charges, no further increase."

Do you mean you remained on the .48/.14 rate?

(That's exactly the rate I've been on as well)

Don't care what anyone says, that's either deliberately misleading information or some seriously shady practices by the company after the fact.

Either way, by my calculation, that's 1200 EUR so far out of my pocket I didn't expect to pay.

Is there a regulatory body that hears complaints about these energy providers?

Prepay Power get in on the act.

PrepayPower to cut gas and electricity prices (rte.ie)

As for those laggards in BGE. They better shape up or I'll be shipping out even at a 33% discount.

Logged into Bord Gais and was presented with a dual fuel renewal offer of 38% discount on gas and electricity standard rates. That's pretty good especially if the standard rates continue to move down.

I had signed up for Flogas renewal Sept 1st and just did the change of mind on the 14 days cool off.

Looking like SSE Airtricity 10% and 300 cashback best for me as low usage.

Will wait a week or two to see if BGE or indeed Flogas announce any drops to follow the rest who already dropped.

If you've cancelled a switch, you've to wait 4 (I think) weeks before trying to switch again.

Anybody got the Waterpower D/N unit rates for August?

Hi Guys,

I am currently on .29 cent Electric and .09 cent unit gas with Board Gais for last 12 months - Out of contract 30th Sept - They are offering me the same unit price again (38% discount) . Is this the best at present , cannot see anything better on switcher etc ?

Also will wholesale electricity prices not pass down to the customers at any point soon ?

Finally - I think I have smart meters for both electricity and gas - I'm unsure if I am getting a night-rate on my electricity, I cannot see on the bill ? Is this available ?

Thanks

Thanks LahinchDog - My MCC code is MCC01

With the 30% offered what rate are you going to get? Yes the 30% discount is what you'll get for the next 12 months and if the unit rate drops so will your unit price.

Just saw that on the Indo. But the fixed rate wont be reduced on November 1st, only the variable rates.

For those on the BWG plan it might still be worth getting out of it for €50. Average use is 4200kwh per year so 10 months of that is 3,500kwh. At 3.3 cents a kwh less that would be €115 saved over the year so €65 after paying the €50 exit fee with higher savings again for above average users.

Its not being reduced for another 6 weeks anyway so I suppose we can just sit back and wait to see if anything even better comes along.