Best Electricity Plan for new EV Owners

Yes, it's fixed rate. I had signed up to fixed rate day/night but they made a mess of it and put me on fixed 24hr.

Over and back for weeks trying to sort, losing the will to keep at them!

So rates are fixed on this plan but they have a get out clause of 30 days notice for a change, "for operational reasons".

Right so.

I'm currently with Energia and contract for day\night is ending next week.

Flogas was coming up as the cheapest switch earlier today.

However, NO electricity tariff rates are appearing on their website now!

https://www.flogas.ie/flogas-tariff-rates

Maybe they're in the process of updating them - anyone else able to see them?

I was planning to break out of my 24hr plan but now it's not worth doing. The recent increases in day rates on new plans have mostly nullified any savings I'd get from moving more things to a cheaper night rates. I blinked and everything over 30 now.

hi, what is best discount for day/night smart/non smart you got with energia recently, was on the 41percent axa energia plan discount last year, cheapest I can find is electric Ireland according to energy pal, energia not budging on their rates, maybe they might move the minute I'm out of contract? (2days left), Thnks

thanks for reply, what plan did u choose smart/non smart rates inc vat if you can remember

The current best discount from Energia for anyone this week are as follows:

• Smart meter: 32% which gives 29.xx/14.xx D/N incl. VAT
• Non-smart meter: 30% which gives 32.73 / 15.69 D/N incl. VAT

The discount will basically erode as time goes on, and those rates may or may not be available next week etc.

As it's now trending positively, now may be the time to book your smart meter replacement.

It seems to be pretty fluid. I only renewed last Monday and got those rates. Someone who renewed a week prior got a better discount %. I'd move fast.

Discounts are a fudge, what are the precise per kw/h net rates being offered?

Been there and tried all the various tariffs, ended back where I started on a 24hr plan. Yes, the car was very cheap to run but the other rates were expensive. It really depends on what mileage you're doing.

Not a good offer at all….keep moving.

Waterpower have been doing dynamic pricing for about 3 years
Their rates are different every month

Their lowest night rate was 16.1c and the highest 23c in the last 6 months

Lowest day was 25.9,highest 34.3c

So a variation of 9c in day rate and almost 5c in night rate which is quite a lot

Median day was : 26c

Median night was :18.87

Their fit is a miserable 10c fixed for solar exports

I'd say thats more "super variable rates" dyanamic pricing changes every half hour and will be based on the day ahead market https://www.semopx.com/

When it was announced I was very optamistic about them but looking at the day ahead market over the last year or so I dont think for me who has a battery and an EV (And I think dynamic pricing will only suit people with batteries and or an EV….) it wont beat Pinergy for predicability and thier FIT rate. The Day Ahead procies on average at night hover around 10cent then when you add the supplier premium on top of that I would expect it to be in the early teens…but who knows..

I think it could suit people who do big mileage because the low time tend to be 4-5 hours or more so if you are doing big mileage then I think it will suit. But it will be for people who know what they are doing and are handy with home automations to be switching on an off stuff.

I am looking forward to see what they offer and maybe I will be surprised. Biggest unknown is the FIT, do they take off a couple cent off the DAM prices or just give you the DAM price?? there is nothing in the CRU paper on how suppliers are to do this

That saying this is tomorrow its actually 4 cent around 13:30 and hover aorund 5 cent for a good few hours..

That day rate is just about acceptable, the night rate is very expensive and the peak rate is shocking. There's very few use cases ( large battery, lots of solar, low usage generally, gas or oil heating and hardly ever at home) where that deal would be worthwhile.