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

You can reach out to your bank to close your Direct Debit and request 2 months back into your account, bank will pay you under SEPA rules no questions asked.

This ^^

ah fair enough, advice still holds for all Direct Debits though. Had to use it before for Sky who didn’t close off an account properly.

Yeah I'd agree with you, it doesn't make sense if one have a Smart meter but cannot get on a smart plan. Otherwise it'll be like a chicken and egg loop. It would seem like the Smart D/N meter is the problem. Maybe eventually they will roll one out for Smart D/N. Who knows.

Don't really see the point in overly correcting me. I was just tryna go off what you wrote previously. I have no more knowledge on the topic than anyone else here and offered my opinion.

Read the thread and find the poster. Don't read the thread. I don't really care, its not my problem. Good luck!

Energia can cancel the switch and you will be reverted back to your old configuration (if you were MCC01). Flogas should also be able to do this if you ring them

Interesting, ESBN definitely will revert. I would contact Flogas if they didn't as they can also object. I should also mention this is only for a change of supplier, not if you were with the same supplier and requested a smart plan.

Page 15 here

"Where CoS initiated a Non Interval to Half Hourly or a Half Hourly to Non Interval meter
reconfiguration then on cancellation MRSO will reinstate the old supplier and reverse the
meter work"

https://cdn.rmdservice.com/media/docs/default-source/market-design/market-procedures/mpd-03-objection-and-cancellation.pdf?sfvrsn=400ef861_1

So it seems the best option is the board gais 33% EV plan and top up the car between 2-5am.

I've solar arriving in a few weeks. The FIT is lower than others but the cost of all the import is lower too.

its moving to another provider while on a non activated day/night smart meter, which was the issue.

Its all good, i switched today to a smart EV Plan with existing provider Energia today, with no issue. Energia Smart Drive, bi monthly night rate 7.54 cent inc vat for 4 hours per night, cap is 1,000 units per bi monthly cycle, which is about my annual usage, increases to 8.67 inc vat after you reach 1,000. Battery will power the house for over 90 % of the daytime units.

No penalty, for switching early from current contract, and a new contract from now, and now i am free to switch if i so choose, once it is activated for the usual €50 exit fee.

I also suspect Energia will announce a rate decrease in the coming weeks.

anything a man at the door says should be taken with a pinch of salt, I know a man that works for pre pay power and he did half a day of training and will sell his souls for a sign up promising the moon and the stars

Prepay guy is talking through his hole. Once the meter status has been changed from MC01 that's it, game over. It was a mistake engaging with that door to door guy, they probably get a bit extra for changing your meter status as it's a reflection on their poor smart pricing that there's only an 11% uptake on smart plans.

I followed your advice and did this 3 days ago, but no extra discount email so far, thinking of ringing them to see if they would apply the 3%. Currently on the affinity fixed deal.

The ev rate between 2-5 am would this only apply for charging evs or could it be used for heat pump etc.

Provider doesn't know what you use the electricity for - so you could use it for heat pump, washing machine etc. Two things to consider:

1. A few people here will remind you that the fire brigade people don't want you using stuff like dishwashers, washing machines - but probably most especially dryers, even more so if you have the traditional non heat-pump dryer - unsupervised at 2am as they could be a potential fire risk.
2. If you are happy to use things overnight, your limit is linked back to your electricity supply - which you can see on your bill as your MIC.

For the record I'm using the washing machine and dishwasher at 2am every night. No issues at all. Don't usually use the dryer (it is a heat pump dryer) as to use it means either waiting 24 hours to put in the clothes from previous night's washing which I won't be doing or else put on a wash on the pre 11pm rate which would defeat the whole purpose.

Also waiting on a Sonoff Powr3 to allow me to time the immersion as well as the KW cost for that 3 hours is cheaper than gas to heat the water.

I don't think they do fixed rate day and night (Can't see it from the Our Tariff Explained section) but they do variable rate day and night. I don't believe it is directly advertised in the plans but they do it.. I was on 24hr with 24 hour meter and when I got the meter changed to day and night, the rate just automatically changed to day and night type after the meter was installed (the rate is there in the Our Tariff Explained section)