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

Fixed rate only applies to new customers.

Yeah just dont agree with tiered system. I thought sse price drops in feb were for all customers, maybe i was wrong.

me too, now break the contract moved to SSE with 300 welcome credit. ( dont forget SSE have 2 cut on the way ...)

The esbn site? It only shows 1 week max, doesn't even add up the day or week for you.

It's one step above pen & paper. which you'll still need to do any type analysis of your usage if you haven't got a monitoring plug. At least it's available but for general users it's not much use.

Off topic a little but is that not insanely low? I've had bills with more than 3177kWh on them!

Thankfully (thanks to this thread!) I've benefitted from the Energia and then Flogas fixed Day Night rates so >97% of that is at the lowest rates of 7c and then 13.5c but still.

Is the question you should be asking not, Is my usage insanely high? 😂

If you look through that release the majority are between 2.5-5000 kWh. There's more using 1000-2500 than 5000 plus combined

There's not much point comparing to others though, too many variables. you use what you use, best comparison is yourself.

Put the heating on one night and note the meter read before you go to sleep and when you wake up. That gives you an indication of the cost to heat your downstairs. Of course, on colder nights you might use a bit more and on warmer nights a bit less but it gives you a ballpark.

From that you can compare costs.

I'd expect your conclusion to be correct. Elec rad if just one room but gas if more needed. If moisture is a problem, a byproduct of a dehumidifier is heat which is great.

Just wondering what people's advice is:

Out of contract on Saturday with Electric Ireland. Am on Day/Night Meter. Rural.

Yuno are offering the best rate - Fixed 12 month plan at 0.27 Day and 0.17 night. With a 0.99 Standing charge. Prices all ex vat.

My only concern is the installation of a smart meter. Should that make any difference or does that only make a difference if I actually sign up to a smart plan which I'm currently not in favour of doing so.

I see some people are saying SSE have cuts on the way and they have no obligation to install a smart meter so I think I would favour that but they are currently are 3c and 1c more expensive on their day/night unit rates.

I use 4,000 units per annum on the day meter and 3,100 on the night.

More reductions incoming

Lack of competition and suppliers happy to maintain their current market share. Also worth noting that Yuno have attracted 10K+ customers since entering the market in August. It would have to be multiples of that figure to force the existing players to become more generous with their discounts.

That's an amazing stat. A 51% decrease, there's still a lot of value in switching.

Mainly because people are afraid they'll lose the credit if they change provider. The offering of fixed priced deals which were never available before has proven popular and it gives people a good stab at predicting what their bills will be. There'd want to be a provider giving a very good deal to get me to break my fixed rate deal which I have until April.

Anyone renewing or switching, what sort of discounts are you being offered this time?

2yrs ago I was on a 25% electricity discount with BG. The best they would offer last renewal was 15% I think. Wonder what they'll offer me this time (renewal in about 30 days time).