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

While still managing to be one of the most expensive suppliers out there, as I said, it has been months (7 in the case of EI) since there has been any unit price drop. Maybe the introduction of dynamic pricing which has to come in before the end of the year might make a difference, not holding my breath though...

Were you able to find that Flogas plan anywhere? Bonkers is also suggesting it's the best plan for me, but I can't find a link to it.

Only you will know if enough of your usage is in the cheap zone.

What does energypal recommend? The BWG plan looks good and you'll have certainty for 18 months, SC is a bit scaldy unfortunately.

I've put together a couple of tables showing the current Electric prices in NI at the moment. I'm with Share Energy as they're the cheapest, and I've a link at the bottom of this post with a referral that'll get both you and me £15. Hope this is useful for some folks.

Direct Debit:

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Join Share Energy (with referral to get the free £15 electric) : https://share-energy.com/join-us?referral=CUS823UETCRIV

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

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