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

The standing charges are vastly lower. Zero in some instances.

Farmer's aren't too happy with that cunning plan.

is this right?

trying to figure out who sets the wholesale prices and came across something that I’d never heard of before - a cross border entity called semo

-the second image is a graph of the wholesale price in Ireland provided by the cso, which baffles me a bit, but basically it don’t compute with the retail prices.

Hi all.

I am out of contract with Flogas since the middle of May. It was on the old BWG Affinity deal.

I was on 21.5c ex VAT for electricity. Now increased to 33.9c ex VAT.

I am getting solar installed + battery in the next 8-10 weeks as part of a renovation and will need a new plan then once I get some data from how the system is performing.

My question is - do any of the providers have a "no minimum contract" offering at electricity rates better than 33.9c?

I have gas also, but I'm not really that concerned as my usage over the summer is quite low.

Failing that, do any of the providers have a low "break fee" in case I sign up now and want to change again in August/Sept.

It used to be €50 per fuel for a break. Obviously I want to try to avoid this.

Suggestions please?

MtM

I used Waterpower for 12 months from June 23. Their website was terrible but they responded to emails in a timely manner. I would only use them again as a last resort.

Thanks @rx8 - Why wait might be a rhetorical question, but I'll answer it anyway.

Here is my thought process.

My installation is still a few weeks away. I was going to wait until I have the system up and running and see what the panels can produce, get some HDF data on import export, see how many hours the battery needs to charge etc. etc.

I am on a 24h standard plan at the moment. Until I get the battery and panels up and running, I want to avoid buying unit at peak or day rates .

I might pick a Gas only plan. The Dual Fuel plans don't seem to be optimized for Battery and FIT etc.

MtM

I'd definitely echo Buffmans post above, the sooner you change supplier, the cheaper it's going to be.

You could have 9 or 10 months of results by this time next year. I have solar 6 years almost now and over 90% of my use is on the night rate, for appliances etc., export during the day either is paid at 20c,or goes to heat the water or charge the car.

Any reason, why one shouldn’t switch to a Smart Plan?

I know previously on here, people suggested not activating a Smart Plan as you can’t change back, but have they got better now.

Coming up to two years in our house, so have two years of data uploaded into Energypal. Have been on a 24hr plan all that time.

Cheapest deals are Smart plans ( partially due to some cash back offers).

Any reason not to switch to a Smart Plan?

Thanks

Thanks. Funnily enough, Energypal is suggesting I move to a SmartPlan that is also not a 24hr plan, based on my usage.

Only thing is that the rate will not be fixed and instead variable. Yuno Energy is the crowd, will need to look into it a bit more.

Mixed reviews, some mention of hidden standing charges. Need to look into them more maybe.

Buffman has given you good advice and nothing will change on that front in the short term.

Do you have high elec usage? What size solar and battery install?

Usage approx. 19.5kWh per day or ~7100kWh per year

10.5kW Solar system proposed with a 9kWh battery.

ESBN seek more to improve infrastructure - and I see it likely to happen

Just renewed with flogas BWG 24hr smart plan. Was on day night before but looked at my usage for the last year and 24hr would work out slightly cheaper.