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

Shocking stuff from BGE .

Energia have 8 cent Gas. Electricity Day 26c /Night 14c /Peak 28c and it's not even the best deal out there.

Mine is out 22nd November. This is the offer from them now:

with Energia and looking for options as OOC in 2 weeks.

Best they could offer is 24 hour rate smart 24/7 @23% 25.32c(27.60 incl vat) down from 27.95(30.46incl vat)

Current usage is 3850KWH approx for 12 months which is costing me €1,424

My options are as follows

2. EI- 1112.30 home electric saver 28% - 23.67 (25.8c) 2024 & 22.48 (24.5c) 2025 & SC 230 & PSO 38.74 = €1,232 savings 162.23€ (25.15c per unit IV)

1. SSE - 1122.83 Smart D/N/P (24.5/15.93/31c) & 217 SC PSO 38.74 & 9% vat 115.15 =€1,122 savings 271.7€

(23.8c per unit IV)

Flo Gas - 1149.00 team Ireland smart 24 D/N/P (28.52/22.23/33.73) 217 SC & PSO 38.74 = 1299.05 savings 95.48€

(28.16c per unit IV)

3. Bord Gais - 1150 Smart New Elec 32% &50€ D/N/P (26.63/19.65/32.41) SC 218.55 & PSO 42.23= 1200.25 savings 194.28€ (26.62c per unit IV)

My question is this:

which of these companies can you vouch for? which has the best and worst customer service in you opinion?

thanks

J

Bump - Airtricity

I switched form BGE yesterday and was offered 25% off dual today.

mine is 14 Nov, I’ll keep checking , are you happy with that offer?

Hoing to renew electricity tommorow currently bord gais . There offer of 25% discount plus €50 bring my average rural usage bill to €1430.

Just on switcher and bonkers and cheapest for same usage is €1309 from electric Ireland with their €100 cashback counted in on the price and their unit price cut due on 1st November included in that estimation also

electric Ireland seemed to be my best offer aswell

Energia offering me a Nest Hub to stay. Dated and already have conventional Nest in that gaff; no thanks.

Contract up with BGE on 21st, EI looks to have good unit rate.

No sign of any of them dropping below the 23c for a 24hr meter.

Door to Door sales will say anything to get your signature. I'm not saying they are wrong, but a few people on this thread have been told one thing and signed up to another.

I asked ChatGPT "How many new electric cars need to be sold in any 12 month period in Ireland to have any meaningful impact on national electricity demand?"

ChatGPT response:

In 2023, Ireland’s electricity demand was approximately 6.9 MWh per capita. With a population of around 5 million, this translates to a total national electricity demand of about 34.5 TWh.

Given that 22,493 new electric cars were sold in Ireland in 2023, let’s estimate the impact of these cars on electricity demand. If each electric car consumes around 3,000 kWh per year, the total electricity consumption for these new electric cars would be:

Total consumption=22,493 cars×3,000 kWh/car=67,479,000 kWh=67.5 GWh

To have a meaningful impact, let’s consider a scenario where electric cars account for at least 1% of the national electricity demand. For electric cars to have a meaningful impact on Ireland’s national electricity demand, approximately 115,000 new electric cars would need to be sold in a 12-month period. This would represent about 1% of the national electricity demand, which is a significant milestone.

Car dealerships are going to be busy in the next while so.

…What a couple of spoofers.

tbe key take away here is to not answer the door to hawkers, they aren’t knocking for your benefit

Why would you leave them in the rain? Either tell them to go away or let them in the porch if it's raining. That's just common decency!