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Yeah I went with the Smart D/N in the end. It's the best available to me.

My contract was up on 31/3/25 - I know some on here are saying BWG deal was extended by 2 weeks but I did not receive notification of this from Flogas nor did I ring them. It's much of a muchness anyway as the new rates are almost identical to the old ones.

Also the window is only open for a month on the new BWG deal and I'd worry it could be oversubscribed if I waited 2 more weeks and miss out.

Im on 24 hour DG1 MCC01 01, can i still stay on this and get Day , Night Rates or is this just a Smart offer.

Because last year it got pulled without notice more than once, it would randomly pop back up for a day or two and disappear again. They warn about that in their terms:

Offer available from 01 April 2025 to 30 April 2025 but Flogas reserve the right to stop selling this product throughout this period.

Sounds a bit messy alright, AFAIK when you cancel the switch to Energia I think you're stuck with previous Flogas for 2 weeks out of contract before you can switch back to AXA Enegia.

It might be worth contacting Energia first alright to ask them for the AXA rate, if they say no I guess you'll have to do it the awkward way via cancellation and reapplying.

Hmm, so I called the customer help line and they put me through to the cooling off team

The agent must have explained it to the lady from the cooling off department because she said she'd already updated the price plan

I'm surprised they didn't offer the Smart Drive plan with the 4 hours of cheap electricity

Anyway, I still reckon those EV smart plans only make sense if you can compress about 75% of your consumption into a few hours

Interesting enough, for me the Axa plan was about €2 more expensive than the Smart Drive plan for the year, despite me running everything between 2am and 6am for around 9 months now

Second that, thanks @Mickeroo 👍

Well it's a big question of how much and

A 10% increase would still be well below Flogas in my case

Really? I thought the rates were pretty similar to start off with

Im going to go for the Axa Energia Deal My contract BWG is suppose to be out on 31 st March has anyone changed to this deal yet just worried about the Cancellation Charge now , worse comes to worse its only a year deal

You're out of contract from the 31st March so should be free to switch

I'm already in the process of switching and haven't been hit with the cancellation charge

Hard to say predict right now due to volatility.

Wholesale network charges are expected to rise next year on the back of recent storm damage, but ESB Networks has since been clarified it wont impact until Oct 2026.

Wholesale electricity prices rose by almost 68% in the 12 months to January 2025, reaching the highest level in over two years.

But thanks to the Trump tariff circus, wholesale energy markets right now remain very unpredictable, with little sign of improvement in the medium term. Energy prices are taking a battering along with $US/€EUR. If this is sustained and there is a global downturn, demand for energy drops, we could see reductions. We could also see inflationary effects if a full on trade war breaks out. Geopolitical events will create further uncertainty with Ukraine conflict and if a deal is reached.

I went with BWG Flogas as I couldnt get a deal from Energia as an existing customer. I like the idea of fixed rates going forward, but if prices to drop drastically, then its only a 50 quid to break contract.

Equally, if Energia's retention team call me back with an enticing offer (they seem to have form according to some posters), then the annual saving to me on current rates may be over €100 and that would make me consider to switch back.

Basically, no one can say with any certainty at this point which is being reflected in markets globally.

Check out the previous post about having to wait 2 weeks to switch back again.

Rang energia and got moved from smart data 33 tariff to the AXA 34%. A miniscule difference but money in my pocket is better than in theirs.