Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

Yup, not really the same rates at all @the_amazing_raisin

Looks Energia D/N is the way to go for now.

Really interesting to hear a real world example. As you say takes a change of habit, but once it becomes the norm then you reap the benefits of savings. Those savings would be amplified when you compare that to running 3 ICE vehicles.

You should get a plan that suits your needs now. Otherwise you are selecting a plan based on a best guess.

You will be half way through that contract and your still undecided if your getting an EV. If you do get one, then you will need a couple of months to make the adjustment of using an EV and changing your habits to suits.

Once you have a bit of data, selecting the correct plan will be easier. By that stage you will be in your last couple of months of a plan and plans/rates on offer may be very different to what they are now or they may be similar. Many plans have cash back offers that will negate any early exit penalty (which typically is only €50 in any event).

As @the_amazing_raisin posted above "….the worst you lose is some time where you could potentially be on a cheaper rate but it's worthwhile making an informed decision"

I noticed a possible error with energypal. When looking at the energia tariffs it says the standing charge is €300.91 but when I look on the energia site the same smart tariff is only €236.62 making the saving even greater as they are top of the list when energypal does it's thing with the HDF file.

I thought it might be a VAT thing but no, the €236.62 includes VAT.

Ah bollocks that must be it. I am indeed in a rural area, didn't realise energia were showing me an urban SC.

EDIT: I was indeed looking at the urban SC.

What potentiallly then would be the one at moment so ?

If you want to break a contract is it €50 even if you have a Dual account or €50 each service

Like i have a single contract is that €50 per provider?

Once you change to a smart plan you cannot go back to the non smart plans. Be sure this is what you want before signing up to one

If you check your bill there should be a. Meter code starting with MCC and 2 numbers. It's usually beside your MPRN

01 is the old 24 hour meter

02 is the old day/night meter

I think 12 and 15 mean you're on a smart plan

I have a smart meter but my meter code is still MCC02, indicating I'm still on a day/night plan

If you have a smart meter you can create an account with esbnetworks.ie to download your meter data, it'll be a HDF file with your 30 min readings

You can also see your readings on the dumb meters but it'll be the ones the meter reader supplied, so not much use

My parents getting new car this week, energia offer of free charger comes with the car, they already have a charger at home is there any problem getting the charger installed on my sisters house instead of theirs?

I've seen some posts on this being possible before I think but can't find them now

If ESB Networks were serious about this they should incentivise homeowners to install batteries to charge at non peak times and discharge at peak times. We’ll be waiting…

On average how much does it cost to charge a normal EV for one charge.?

Battery size in kwh x rate per kwh

Mine is 77kwh battery and some ev rates are as low as 7c per kwh so a fiver for about 400kms on the overnight charging windows

Normal night rates about 13c or something so a tenner to charge for 400kms

Day rates about 25c so about 20 euro to charge

That's for a big battery EV, smaller ones could be 60, 70, 80% of the above costs but less driving distance per charge

So anywhere from 1.5c per km driven to about 5c per km

Got first bill off pinergy.

According to the bill I have used:

157.294kWh Standard
751.909kWh Car Time (2am to 5am)

However if I analyse the data coming from esbnetworks I can see:

30.96kwh Standard
839.18kwh Car Time (2am to 5am)

Anyone experience similar? This isn't something I'll have to check monthly is it?

As far as I can tell, that only applies to the EV plan. The other plans don't seem to have that limitation.