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

Can someone post the energia/axa rates. I cannot get access right now.

I presume Flogas would stick you with the early termination fee if you moved early? For some reason my end dates with them are different even though I signed up to dual fuel in the same application.

Thank you sgdfsdfsd

For those rates

The poor flogas calltakers having to take all these calls from faux BWG employees. Ensures no such deal will arise again

Strangly when I jumped from original BWG rate to an updated one mid way through contract I wasn't charged any switch fee bit maybe because that's because I was staying with flogas.

You switched plans, not suppliers which usually is the trigger for an early exit fee. Most utility providers will often allow you to change plans mid-contract without penalty, as they will lock you in for a new 12 month contract.

"No, not immediately. Customer services informed me that refunds can take up to 3 months. In fact, it took just over 4 months for them to process the refund to my Flogas account. I had to make numerous phone calls and send emails to resolve the issue. The lesson I learned is that I will never be in credit again moving forward."

Rang Energia this morning to discuss renewal of our Smart Drive EV plan which is up next week.

They offered to continue the 15% discount no problem. I asked for the €50 cashback and agent told me he couldn't give it.

I asked if I could be put through to retention department as they will call me anyway when I switch to another provider.

Agent went to speak to a manager and came back with €50 cashback along with the 15% discount.

Happy with that so I renewed for another 12 months.

contract end date notification letters are always issued now 👍🏻

I had a join date of March 9th in my email. i had changed to a newer offer half way through the year which extended it to March 31st. The letter, I glanced at a month ago and it probably ended up in the bin. Had in my head some time in March.

The link may not be a generic link like before. It may require some form of an email login or it may be unique.

There are a variety of ways it can be implemented to heavily reduce non-BWG sign ups.

I managed to take a look at these new Certa / Affinity / BWG deals but they are all "variable" tariffs, no "fixed price" mentioned in their titles. I couldn't see the prices so I didn't want to risk to signing up something I don't know the unit rates.

In any case, knowing that they are "platinum variable rates" and not fixed would make Energia Axa deal more appealing as it's not fixed rates either.

Question… Is there any reason not to switch to a smart meter?

I did the price comparison thing on switcher.ie and the cheapest plans used smart meters. I remember last time I checked about them here a couple of years ago people were warning against them. Anything I should be aware of?

do whatever suits your usage, smart meters have their benefits for loads of people

Just to weigh, I switched to a smart meter and Electric Ireland are now refusing to sign me up to the non-smart day/night plan.

The day/night rates are

The equivalent smart meter option is as below:

The day rate is 0.054c cheaper, night rate 0.809c more expensive and also increased peak rate. The total cost per kwh is higher on the smart rate.

In all likely hood the lower standing charge will make the smart rate cheaper but I was told I would continue having the option of non smart rates when the meter was installed.

This is the email I received back from Bonkers when I selected the day/night rate: